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[1]The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for it is destroyed, so that there is none house: none shall come from the land of Chittim: it is revealed unto them. |
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[2]Be still, ye that dwell in the isles: the merchants of Zidon, and such as pass over the sea, have replenished thee. |
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[3]The seed of Nilus growing by the abundance of waters, and the harvest of the river was her revenues, and she was a mart of the nations. |
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[4]Be ashamed, thou Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I have not travailed, nor brought forth children, neither nourished young men, nor brought up virgins. |
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[5]When the fame cometh to the Egyptians, they shall be sorry, concerning the rumor of Tyre. |
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[6]Go you over to Tarshish: howl, ye that dwell in the isles. |
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[7]Is not this that your glorious city? Her antiquity is of ancient days: her own feet shall lead her afar off to be a sojourner. |
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[8]Who hath decreed this against Tyre (that crowneth men) whose merchants are princes? Whose chapmen are the nobles of the world? |
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[9]The Lord of hosts hath decreed this, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring to contempt all them that be glorious in the earth. |
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[10]Pass through thy land like a flood to the daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. |
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[11]He stretched out his hand upon the sea: he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment concerning the place of merchandise, to destroy the power thereof. |
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[12]And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice when thou art oppressed: O virgin daughter of Zidon: rise up, go over unto Chittim: yet there thou shalt have no rest. |
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[13]Behold the land of the Chaldeans: this was no people: Asshur [Assyria] founded it by the inhabitants of the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof: they raised the palaces thereof and he brought it to ruin. |
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[14]Howl ye ships of Tarshish, for your strength is destroyed. |
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[15]And in that day shall Tyre be forgotten seventy years, (according to the years of one king) at the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. |
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[16]Take an harp and go about the city: (thou harlot thou hast been forgotten) make sweet melody, sing more songs that thou mayest be remembered. |
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[17]And at the end of seventy years shall the Lord visit Tyre, and she shall return to her wages, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the earth, that are in the world. |
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[18]Yet her occupying and her wages shall be holy unto the Lord: it shall not be laid up nor kept in store, but her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and to have durable clothing. |