| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1The burden against Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, So that there is no house, no harbor; From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them. | 1This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. |
| 2Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon, Whom those who cross the sea have filled. | 2Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea. |
| 3And on great waters the grain of Shihor, The harvest of the River, is her revenue; And she is a marketplace for the nations. | 3On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations. |
| 4Be ashamed, O Sidon; For the sea has spoken, The strength of the sea, saying, “I do not labor, nor bring forth children; Neither do I rear young men, Nor bring up virgins.” | 4Be ashamed, O 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 also will be in agony at the report of Tyre. | 5When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre. |
| 6Cross over to Tarshish; Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland! | 6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland! |
| 7Is this your joyous city, Whose antiquity is from ancient days, Whose feet carried her far off to dwell? | 7Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away? |
| 8Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, Whose merchants are princes, Whose traders are the honorable of the earth? | 8Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth? |
| 9The LORD of hosts has purposed it, To bring to dishonor the pride of all glory, To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth. | 9The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth. |
| 10Overflow through your land like the River, O daughter of Tarshish; There is no more strength. | 10Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor. |
| 11He stretched out His hand over the sea, He shook the kingdoms; The LORD has given a commandment against Canaan To destroy its strongholds. | 11The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed. |
| 12And He said, “You will rejoice no more, O you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, cross over to Cyprus; There also you will have no rest.” | 12He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.” |
| 13Behold, the land of the Chaldeans, This people which was not; Assyria founded it for wild beasts of the desert. They set up its towers, They raised up its palaces, And brought it to ruin. | 13Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin. |
| 14Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For your strength is laid waste. | 14Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed! |
| 15Now it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot: | 15At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot: |
| 16“Take a harp, go about the city, You forgotten harlot; Make sweet melody, sing many songs, That you may be remembered.” | 16“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.” |
| 17And it shall be, at the end of seventy years, that the LORD will deal with Tyre. She will return to her hire, and commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. | 17And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. |
| 18Her gain and her pay will be set apart for the LORD; it will not be treasured nor laid up, for her gain will be for those who dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for fine clothing. | 18Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing. |
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