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Isaiah 23:1
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The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye 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. |
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Isaiah 23:2 |
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Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou
whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. |
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Isaiah 23:3 |
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And on great waters the seed of the Shihor,
the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations. |
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Isaiah 23:4 |
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Be thou ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea hath spoken,
the stronghold of the sea, saying, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither
have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins. |
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Isaiah 23:5 |
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When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall
be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. |
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Isaiah 23:6 |
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Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants
of the coast. |
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Isaiah 23:7 |
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Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is
of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn? |
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Isaiah 23:8 |
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Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower
of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of
the earth? |
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Isaiah 23:9 |
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Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain
the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth. |
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Isaiah 23:10 |
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Pass through thy land as the Nile, O daughter
of Tarshish; there is no restraint any more. |
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Isaiah 23:11 |
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He hath stretched out his hand over the sea,
he hath shaken the kingdoms: Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan,
to destroy the strongholds thereof. |
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Isaiah 23:12 |
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And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou
oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon: arise, pass over to Kittim; even there shalt
thou have no rest. |
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Isaiah 23:13 |
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Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: this people
was not; the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness; they set
up their towers; they overthrew the palaces thereof; they made it a ruin. |
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Isaiah 23:14 |
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Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold
is laid waste. |
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Isaiah 23:15 |
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that
Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after
the end of seventy years it shall be unto Tyre as in the song of the harlot. |
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Isaiah 23:16 |
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Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot
that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest
be remembered. |
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Isaiah 23:17 |
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And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy
years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall
play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
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Isaiah 23:18 |
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And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness
to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be
for them that dwell before Jehovah, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
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