An Oracle against Tyre

23 An oracle(A) against Tyre:(B)

Wail, ships of Tarshish,(C)
for your haven has been destroyed.
Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:1 Hb Kittim

A Prophecy Against Tyre

23 A prophecy against Tyre:(A)

Wail,(B) you ships(C) of Tarshish!(D)
    For Tyre is destroyed(E)
    and left without house or harbor.
From the land of Cyprus
    word has come to them.

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23 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

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Cross over to Tarshish;
wail, inhabitants of the coastland!

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Cross over to Tarshish;(A)
    wail, you people of the island.

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Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.

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10 Overflow[a] your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish;
there is no longer anything to restrain you.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:10 DSS, LXX read Work
  2. Isaiah 23:10 Or longer any harbor

10 Till[a] your land as they do along the Nile,
    Daughter Tarshish,
    for you no longer have a harbor.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:10 Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts; Masoretic Text Go through

10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.

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Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish,(A)
and gold from Uphaz[a](B)
from the hands of a goldsmith,
the work of a craftsman.
Their clothing is blue and purple,
all the work of skilled artisans.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:9 Or Ophir

Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish(A)
    and gold from Uphaz.
What the craftsman and goldsmith have made(B)
    is then dressed in blue and purple—
    all made by skilled workers.

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Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

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