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1. This is a message about Tyre: You trading ships, cry! The houses and harbor of Tyre are destroyed. This news came to the ships from the land of Cyprus.
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1. The burden H4853 of Tyre H6865 . Howl H3213 , ye ships H591 of Tarshish H8659 ; for H3588 it is laid waste H7703 , so that there is no house H4480 H1004 , no entering in H4480 H935 : from the land H4480 H776 of Chittim H3794 it is revealed H1540 to them.
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2. Be silent, you who live on the island of Tyre; you merchants of Sidon, be silent. Sailors have made you rich.
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2. Be still H1826 , ye inhabitants H3427 of the isle H339 ; thou whom the merchants H5503 of Zidon H6721 , that pass over H5674 the sea H3220 , have replenished H4390 .
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3. They traveled the sea to bring grain from Egypt; the sailors of Tyre brought grain from the Nile Valley and sold it to other nations.
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3. And by great H7227 waters H4325 the seed H2233 of Sihor H7883 , the harvest H7105 of the river H2975 , is her revenue H8393 ; and she is H1961 a mart H5505 of nations H1471 .
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4. Sidon, be ashamed. Strong city of the sea, be ashamed, because the sea says: "I have not felt the pain of giving birth; I have not reared young men or women."
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4. Be thou ashamed H954 , O Zidon H6721 : for H3588 the sea H3220 hath spoken H559 , even the strength H4581 of the sea H3220 , saying H559 , I travail H2342 not H3808 , nor H3808 bring forth children H3205 , neither H3808 do I nourish up H1431 young men H970 , nor bring up H7311 virgins H1330 .
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5. Egypt will hear the news about Tyre, and it will make Egypt hurt with sorrow.
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5. As H834 at the report H8088 concerning Egypt H4714 , so shall they be sorely pained H2342 at the report H8088 of Tyre H6865 .
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6. You ships should return to Tarshish. You people living near the sea should be sad.
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6. Pass ye over H5674 to Tarshish H8659 ; howl H3213 , ye inhabitants H3427 of the isle H339 .
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7. Look at your once happy city! Look at your old, old city! People from that city have traveled far away to live.
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7. Is this H2063 your joyous H5947 city , whose antiquity H6927 is of ancient H6924 days H4480 H3117 ? her own feet H7272 shall carry H2986 her afar off H4480 H7350 to sojourn H1481 .
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8. Who planned Tyre's destruction? Tyre made others rich. Its merchants were treated like princes, and its traders were greatly respected.
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8. Who H4310 hath taken this counsel H3289 H2063 against H5921 Tyre H6865 , the crowning H5849 city , whose H834 merchants H5503 are princes H8269 , whose traders H3669 are the honorable H3513 of the earth H776 ?
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9. It was the Lord All-Powerful who planned this. He decided to make these proud people unimportant; he decided to disgrace those who were greatly respected.
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9. The LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 hath purposed H3289 it , to stain H2490 the pride H1347 of all H3605 glory H6643 , and to bring into contempt H7043 all H3605 the honorable H3513 of the earth H776 .
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10. Go through your land, people of Tarshish, like the Nile goes through Egypt. There is no harbor for you now!
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10. Pass through H5674 thy land H776 as a river H2975 , O daughter H1323 of Tarshish H8659 : there is no H369 more H5750 strength H4206 .
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11. The Lord has stretched his hand over the sea and made its kingdoms tremble. strong, walled cities be destroyed.
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11. He stretched out H5186 his hand H3027 over H5921 the sea H3220 , he shook H7264 the kingdoms H4467 : the LORD H3068 hath given a commandment H6680 against H413 the merchant H3667 city , to destroy H8045 the strongholds H4581 thereof.
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12. He said, "Sidon, you will not rejoice any longer, because you are destroyed. Even if you cross the sea to Cyprus, you will not find a place to rest."
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12. And he said H559 , Thou shalt no H3808 more H5750 rejoice H5937 , O thou oppressed H6231 virgin H1330 , daughter H1323 of Zidon H6721 : arise H6965 , pass over H5674 to Chittim H3794 ; there H8033 also H1571 shalt thou have no rest H5117 H3808 .
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13. Look at the land of the Babylonians; it is not a country now. Assyria has made it a place for wild animals. Assyria built towers to attack it; the soldiers took all the treasures from its cities, and they turned it into ruins.
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13. Behold H2005 the land H776 of the Chaldeans H3778 ; this H2088 people H5971 was H1961 not H3808 , till the Assyrian H804 founded H3245 it for them that dwell in the wilderness H6728 : they set up H6965 the towers H971 thereof , they raised up H6209 the palaces H759 thereof; and he brought H7760 it to ruin H4654 .
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14. So be sad, you trading ships, because your strong city is destroyed.
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14. Howl H3213 , ye ships H591 of Tarshish H8659 : for H3588 your strength H4581 is laid waste H7703 .
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15. At that time people will forget about Tyre for seventy years, which is the length of a king's life. After seventy years, Tyre will be like the prostitute in this song:
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15. And it shall come to pass H1961 in that H1931 day H3117 , that Tyre H6865 shall be forgotten H7911 seventy H7657 years H8141 , according to the days H3117 of one H259 king H4428 : after the end H4480 H7093 of seventy H7657 years H8141 shall Tyre H6865 sing H7892 as a harlot H2181 .
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16. "Oh woman, you are forgotten. Take your harp and walk through the city. Play your harp well. Sing your song often. Then people will remember you."
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16. Take H3947 a harp H3658 , go about H5437 the city H5892 , thou harlot H2181 that hast been forgotten H7911 ; make sweet H3190 melody H5059 , sing many H7235 songs H7892 , that H4616 thou mayest be remembered H2142 .
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17. After seventy years the Lord will deal with Tyre, and it will again have trade. It will be like a prostitute for all the nations of the earth.
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17. And it shall come to pass H1961 after the end H4480 H7093 of seventy H7657 years H8141 , that the LORD H3068 will visit H6485 H853 Tyre H6865 , and she shall turn H7725 to her hire H868 , and shall commit fornication H2181 with H854 all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the world H776 upon H5921 the face H6440 of the earth H127 .
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18. The profits will be saved for the Lord. Tyre will not keep the money she earns but will give them to the people who serve the Lord, so they will have plenty of food and nice clothes.
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18. And her merchandise H5504 and her hire H868 shall be H1961 holiness H6944 to the LORD H3068 : it shall not H3808 be treasured H686 nor H3808 laid up H2630 ; for H3588 her merchandise H5504 shall be H1961 for them that dwell H3427 before H6440 the LORD H3068 , to eat H398 sufficiently H7654 , and for durable H6266 clothing H4374 .
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