Isaiah 23

1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From the land of Kittim 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, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon that pass over the sea have replenished.

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

3 On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of 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 stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have not travailed, nor given birth, 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 comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre.

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

6 Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you 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, whose feet carried her far away to travel?

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 honorable 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 The LORD of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable 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 Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.

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

11 He has stretched out his hand over the sea. He has shaken the kingdoms. The LORD has ordered the destruction of Canaan’s 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 shall rejoice no more, you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Kittim. Even there you will 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 didn’t exist. The Assyrians founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness. They set up their towers. They overthrew its palaces. They made it a 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, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!

to wail fleet Tarshish for to ruin security your

15 It will come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. After the end of seventy years it will be to Tyre 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 prostitute that has been forgotten. Make sweet melody. Sing many songs, 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 happen after the end of seventy years that the LORD will visit Tyre. She will return to her wages, and will play the prostitute with all the kingdoms of the world on the surface 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 merchandise and her wages will be holiness to the LORD. It will not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise will be for those who dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable 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