Proclamation Against Tyre

23 The (A)burden[a] against Tyre.

Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For it is laid waste,
So that there is no house, no harbor;
From the land of [b]Cyprus it is revealed to them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:1 oracle, prophecy
  2. Isaiah 23:1 Heb. Kittim, western lands, especially Cyprus

Cross over to Tarshish;
Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!

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10 Overflow through your land like [a]the River,
O daughter of Tarshish;
There is no more [b]strength.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:10 The Nile
  2. Isaiah 23:10 restraint, lit. belt

Silver is beaten into plates;
It is brought from Tarshish,
And (A)gold from Uphaz,
The work of the craftsman
And of the hands of the metalsmith;
Blue and purple are their clothing;
They are all (B)the work of skillful men.

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