1 An oracle concerning Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is destroyed! When you return from Kittim you will hear the news and wonder.
2 Keep silent, merchants of Sidon, all you inhabitants of the coast. Your messengers passed over the sea,
3 across the wide oceans; the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was your income and you were the fair of the nations.
4 Be ashamed, O Sidon, refuge on the sea! The queen of the sea wonders: "Have I not had labor pains and brought forth children? Have I not nourished young men and brought up daughters?"
5 Those in Egypt will be in anguish when they learn the fate of Tyre.
6 You who dwell on the coastlands, wail as you pass over to Tarshish.
7 Is this the ancient city, your pride, whose feet had carried her afar to found colonies in distant lands?
8 Who has planned this against Tyre, the imperial city whose merchants are princes, whose traders are among the great ones of the world?
9 It is Yahweh Sabaoth who has planned it, to bring down her proud majesty, to humble the great ones of the world.
10 Till your land like the valley of the Nile O Daughter of Tarshish, you have no more shipbuilding yard.
11 Yahweh has stretched out his hand over the sea to make kingdoms tremble. He has ordered the destruction of the fortresses of Phoenicia.
12 He has said, "Rejoice no longer, ravished virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest."
13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans, a people now of no account. The Assyrians have destined the land to be a place for wild beasts. They have erected siege towers and demolished her bastions, razed her palaces, completely reducing her to ruins.
14 Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your haven is destroyed.
15 On that day, Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, about the span of a king's life. Then at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in a harlot's song:
16 Take a harp, go about the city, forgotten harlot, sing your sweetest song, play your best melody, that they may remember you.
17 At the end of seventy years, Yahweh will visit Tyre. She will return to her hire and once again play whore with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
18 But her wages and activities as harlot will be dedicated to Yahweh, instead of being stored or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live in the presence of Yahweh, that they may have abundant food and beautiful clothes.
Versículos relacionados com Isaiah, 23:
Isaiah 23 contains a prophecy against the city of Tire, which is condemned for its arrogance and greed. The city will be destroyed and its inhabitants taken captive. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in this chapter:
Ezekiel 26:3 - "Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I am against you, O shot, and I will make many nations go up against you, as the sea makes your waves up." This verse reinforces the message that God is condemning shot for his arrogance and that the city will be attacked by several nations.
Amos 1:9 - "Thus says the Lord, For three shot transgressions, and for four I will not remove the punishment, because they have given all the captives to Edom, and did not remember the brothers' covenant." This verse mentions the Tire Covenant with Israel, which may have contributed to its fall.
Zechariah 9:3 - "Tire built to Sí Fortaleza, and heeded silver as dust, and gold like mud of the streets." This verse highlights the greed of shooting and its search for wealth and power.
Jeremiah 25:22 - "And to all kings of shooting, and to all the kings of Sidon, and to the kings of the lands that are beyond the sea." This verse shows that shot was not the only city to be attacked and conquered, but that other cities also suffered the consequences of their arrogance and greed.
Revelation 18:21 - "And a strong angel lifted a stone like a large mill, and threw it into the sea, saying, With equal momentum will be launched Babylon, that great city, and will never be found." This verse refers to the fall of Babylon, but can be applied to the fall of shooting and other cities that were destroyed because of its arrogance and sin.
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