| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For Tyre is destroyed, without house or harbor; It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus. | 1A pronouncement concerning Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, for your haven has been destroyed. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. |
| 2Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon; Your messengers crossed the sea | 2Mourn, inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon; your agents have crossed the sea |
| 3And were on many waters. The grain of the Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue; And she was the market of nations. | 3over deep water. Tyre's revenue was the grain from Shihor--the harvest of the Nile. She was the merchant among the nations. |
| 4Be ashamed, O Sidon; For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying, "I have neither travailed nor given birth, I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins." | 4Be ashamed, Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: "I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women." |
| 5When the report reaches Egypt, They will be in anguish at the report of Tyre. | 5When the news reaches Egypt, they will be in anguish over the news about Tyre. |
| 6Pass over to Tarshish; Wail, O inhabitants of the coastland. | 6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, inhabitants of the coastland! |
| 7Is this your jubilant city, Whose origin is from antiquity, Whose feet used to carry her to colonize distant places? | 7Is this your jubilant city, whose origin was in ancient times, whose feet have taken her to reside far away? |
| 8Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth? | 8Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are the honored ones of the earth? |
| 9The LORD of hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all beauty, To despise all the honored of the earth. | 9The LORD of Armies planned it, to desecrate all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the honored ones of the earth. |
| 10Overflow your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish, There is no more restraint. | 10Overflow your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer anything to restrain you. |
| 11He has stretched His hand out over the sea, He has made the kingdoms tremble; The LORD has given a command concerning Canaan to demolish its strongholds. | 11He stretched out his hand over the sea; he made kingdoms tremble. The LORD has commanded that the Canaanite fortresses be destroyed. |
| 12He has said, "You shall exult no more, O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest." | 12He said, "You will not celebrate anymore, ravished young woman, daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus--even there you will have no rest!" |
| 13Behold, the land of the Chaldeans-- this is the people which was not; Assyria appointed it for desert creatures-- they erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, they made it a ruin. | 13Look at the land of the Chaldeans--a people who no longer exist. Assyria destined it for desert creatures. They set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They made it a ruin. |
| 14Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For your stronghold is destroyed. | 14Wail, ships of Tarshish, because your fortress is destroyed! |
| 15Now in that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot: | 15On that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years--the life span of one king. At the end of seventy years, what the song says about the prostitute will happen to Tyre: |
| 16Take your harp, walk about the city, O forgotten harlot; Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs, That you may be remembered. | 16Pick up your lyre, stroll through the city, you forgotten prostitute. Play skillfully, sing many a song so that you will be remembered. |
| 17It will come about at the end of seventy years that the LORD will visit Tyre. Then she will go back to her harlot's wages and will play the harlot with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. | 17And at the end of the seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre and she will go back into business, prostituting herself with all the kingdoms of the world throughout the earth. |
| 18Her gain and her harlot's wages will be set apart to the LORD; it will not be stored up or hoarded, but her gain will become sufficient food and choice attire for those who dwell in the presence of the LORD. | 18But her profits and wages will be dedicated to the LORD. They will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live in the LORD's presence, to provide them with ample food and sacred clothing. |
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