Isaiah 23

1 The 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.

oracle Tyre to wail fleet Tarshish for to ruin from house: home from to come (in): towards from land: country/planet Cyprus to reveal: reveal to/for them

2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle! The merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished thee.

to wail to dwell coastland to trade Sidon to pass sea to fill you

3 And on great waters, the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of the nations.

and in/on/with water many seed Shihor harvest Nile produce her and to be profit nation

4 Be 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.

be ashamed Sidon for to say sea security [the] sea to/for to say not to twist: writh in pain and not to beget and not to magnify youth to exalt virgin

5 — When the report came into Egypt, they were sorely pained at the news of Tyre.

like/as as which report to/for Egypt to twist: writh in pain like/as report Tyre

6 Pass over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast!

to pass Tarshish [to] to wail to dwell coastland

7 Is this your joyous [city], whose antiquity is of ancient days? Her feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

this to/for you jubilant from day front: old former her to conduct her foot her from distant to/for to sojourn

8 Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the distributor of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose dealers were the honourable of the earth?

who? to advise this upon Tyre [the] to crown which to trade her ruler merchant her to honor: honour land: country/planet

9 Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to profane the pride of all glory, to bring to nought all the honourable of the earth.

LORD Hosts to advise her to/for to profane/begin: profane pride all beauty to/for to lighten all to honor: honour land: country/planet

10 Overflow thy land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish: there is no more restraint.

to pass land: country/planet your like/as Nile daughter Tarshish nothing belt still

11 He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he shaketh the kingdoms. Jehovah hath given a commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof,

hand his to stretch upon [the] sea to tremble kingdom LORD to command to(wards) Canaan to/for to destroy security her

12 and 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.

and to say not to add: again still to/for to exult [the] to oppress virgin daughter Sidon (Cyprus *Q(k)*) to arise: rise to pass also there not to rest to/for you

13 Behold 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.

look! land: country/planet Chaldea this [the] people not to be Assyria to found her to/for wild beast to arise: raise (tower his *Q(k)*) to strip citadel: palace her to set: make her to/for ruin

14 Howl, ships of Tarshish! for your fortress is laid waste.

to wail fleet Tarshish for to ruin security your

15 And 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.

and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and to forget Tyre seventy year like/as day king one from end seventy year to be to/for Tyre like/as song [the] to fornicate

16 Take a harp, go about the city, thou forgotten harlot! Make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

to take: take lyre to turn: turn city to fornicate to forget be good to play to multiply song because to remember

17 And 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.

and to be from end seventy year to reckon: visit LORD [obj] Tyre and to return: return to/for wages her and to fornicate with all kingdom [the] land: country/planet upon face: surface [the] land: planet

18 And 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.

and to be profit her and wages her holiness to/for LORD not to store and not to hoard for to/for to dwell to/for face: before LORD to be profit her to/for to eat to/for satiety and to/for covering surpassing