Bible-Reading.comIsaiah 23
1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish! for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, none entering in. From the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
2Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle! The merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished thee.
3And on great waters, the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of the nations.
4Be thou ashamed, Sidon, for the sea hath spoken, the strength of the sea, saying, I have not travailed nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men nor brought up virgins.
5-- When the report came into Egypt, they were sorely pained at the news of Tyre.
6Pass over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast!
7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? Her feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
8Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the distributor of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose dealers were the honourable of the earth?
9Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to profane the pride of all glory, to bring to nought all the honourable of the earth.
10Overflow thy land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish: there is no more restraint.
11He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he shaketh the kingdoms. Jehovah hath given a commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof,
12and hath said, Thou shalt no more exult, thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Sidon: get thee up, pass over to Chittim; even there shalt thou have no rest.
13Behold the land of the Chaldeans: this people did not exist; the Assyrian founded it for the dwellers in the desert: they set up their towers, they destroyed the palaces thereof; he brought it to ruin.
14Howl, ships of Tarshish! for your fortress is laid waste.
15And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it shall be for Tyre as the harlot's song.
16Take a harp, go about the city, thou forgotten harlot! Make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
17And it shall come to pass at the end of seventy years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre; and she will return to her hire, and will commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the earth upon the face of the ground.
18And her merchandise and her hire shall be holy to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah, to eat and be sufficed, and for excellent clothing.
Isaiah 24
1Behold, Jehovah maketh the land empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants.
2And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with him from whom usury is taken.
3The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled; for Jehovah hath spoken this word.
4The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish.
5And the land is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; for they have violated the laws, changed the statute, broken the everlasting covenant.
6Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are left.
7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;
8the mirth of tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
9They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it.
10The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in.
11There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone;
12desolation remaineth in the city, and the gate is smitten, -- a ruin.
13For so will it be in the midst of the land among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the grape-gleanings when the vintage is done.
14These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout for the majesty of Jehovah, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
15Therefore glorify Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the west.
16From the end of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous! And I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
17Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, inhabitant of the land.
18And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the sound of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are open, and the foundations of the earth shake.
19The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved.
20The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunkard, and is shaken like a night hut; and its transgression is heavy upon it; and it falleth and shall not rise again.
21And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22And they shall be brought together, as an assemblage of prisoners for the pit, and shall be shut up in prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23And the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients in glory.