Isaiah 23

1 A declaration about Tyre: Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for there is neither home nor harbor; from the land of Cyprus it has been 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 silent, you inhabitants of the coast; the merchant of Sidon, who travels over the sea, has filled you.

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

3 Upon the great waters was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile was her produce; and it became the commerce of the nations.

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

4 Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the mighty one of the sea. He says, “I have not labored nor given birth, nor have I raised young men nor brought up young women.”

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 comes to Egypt, they will be grieved concerning Tyre.

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

6 Cross over to Tarshish; wail, you inhabitants of the coast.

to pass Tarshish [to] to wail to dwell coastland

7 Has this happened to you, the joyful city, whose origin is from ancient times, whose feet carried her far away to foreign places to settle?

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

8 Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honored ones 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 Yahweh of hosts has planned it to dishonor her pride and all her glory, to shame all her honored ones 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 Plow your land, as one plows the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no longer a marketplace in Tyre.

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

11 Yahweh has reached out with his hand over the sea, and he has shaken the kingdoms; he has given a command concerning Phoenicia, to destroy the strongholds.

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

12 He said, “You will not rejoice again, oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon; arise, pass over to Cyprus; but neither there you will have 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 See the land of the Chaldeans. This people has ceased to be; the Assyrians have made it a wilderness for wild animals. They set up their siege towers; they demolished its palaces; they made it a heap of ruins.

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, you ships of Tarshish; for your refuge has been destroyed.

to wail fleet Tarshish for to ruin security your

15 In that day, Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of a king. After the end of seventy years there will happen in Tyre something like in the song of the prostitute.

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, you forgotten prostitute; play it well, sing many songs, so that you may 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 It will come about that after seventy years, Yahweh will help Tyre, and she will start making money again by doing the work of a prostitute, and she will offer her services to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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 Her profits and earnings will be set apart to Yahweh. They will not be stored up or kept in the treasury, for her profits will be given to those who live in Yahweh's presence and will be used to supply them with abundant food and so they can have the best quality 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