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World English Bible

Isaiah 23 (WEBP)

[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.
[2] Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon that pass over the sea have replenished.
[3] On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.
[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.”
[5] When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre.
[6] Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coast!
[7] Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her far away to travel?
[8] Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
[9] Yahweh of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
[10] Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.
[11] He has stretched out his hand over the sea. He has shaken the kingdoms. Yahweh has ordered the destruction of Canaan’s strongholds.
[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.”
[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.
[14] Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!
[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.
[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.
[17] It will happen after the end of seventy years that Yahweh 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.
[18] Her merchandise and her wages will be holiness to Yahweh. It will not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise will be for those who dwell before Yahweh, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 23 (KJVS)

[1] 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 Chittim it is revealed to them.
[2] Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
[3] And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
[4] Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
[5] As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
[6] Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
[7] Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
[8] Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
[9] The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
[10] Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
[11] He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
[12] And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
[13] Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
[14] Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
[15] 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 shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
[16] Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
[17] And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
[18] And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

Isaiah 23:2 Heb. silent
Isaiah 23:7 Heb. from afar off
Isaiah 23:9 Heb. to pollute
Isaiah 23:10 Heb. girdle
Isaiah 23:11a Or, concerning a merchant man
Isaiah 23:11b Or, strengths
Isaiah 23:15 Heb. it shall be unto Tyre as the song of an harlot
Isaiah 23:18 Heb. old

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 23 (BYZ)

[1] Τὸ () ὅραμα () Τύρου. () Ὀλολύζετε, () πλοῖα () Καρχηδόνος, ὅτι () ἀπώλετο, () καὶ () οὐκέτι () ἔρχονται () ἐκ () γῆς () Κιτιαίων· ἦκται () αἰχμάλωτος. ()
[2] Τίνι () ὅμοιοι () γεγόνασιν () οἱ () ἐνοικοῦντες () ἐν () τῇ () νήσῳ () μεταβόλοι Φοινίκης () διαπερῶντες () τὴν () θάλασσαν ()
[3] ἐν () ὕδατι () πολλῷ, () σπέρμα () μεταβόλων; Ὡς () ἀμητοῦ εἰσφερομένου () οἱ () μεταβόλοι τῶν () ἐθνῶν. ()
[4] Αἰσχύνθητι, () Σιδών, () εἶπεν () ἡ () θάλασσα· () ἡ () δὲ () ἰσχὺς () τῆς () θαλάσσης () εἶπεν () Οὐκ () ὤδινον () οὐδὲ () ἔτεκον () οὐδὲ () ἐξέθρεψα () νεανίσκους () οὐδὲ () ὕψωσα () παρθένους. ()
[5] Ὅταν () δὲ () ἀκουστὸν γένηται () Αἰγύπτῳ, () λήμψεται () αὐτοὺς () ὀδύνη () περὶ () Τύρου. ()
[6] Ἀπέλθατε () εἰς () Καρχηδόνα, ὀλολύξατε, () οἱ () ἐνοικοῦντες () ἐν () τῇ () νήσῳ () ταύτῃ. ()
[7] Οὐχ () αὕτη () ἦν () ὑμῶν () ἡ () ὕβρις () ἡ () ἀπ’ () ἀρχῆς () πρὶν () ἢ () παραδοθῆναι () αὐτήν; ()
[8] Τίς () ταῦτα () ἐβούλευσεν () ἐπὶ () Τύρον; () Μὴ () ἥσσων () ἐστὶν () ἢ () οὐκ () ἰσχύει; () Οἱ () ἔμποροι () αὐτῆς () ἔνδοξοι, () ἄρχοντες () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[9] Κύριος () σαβαωθ () ἐβουλεύσατο () παραλῦσαι () πᾶσαν () τὴν () ὕβριν () τῶν () ἐνδόξων () καὶ () ἀτιμάσαι () πᾶν () ἔνδοξον () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[10] Ἐργάζου () τὴν () γῆν () σου, () καὶ () γὰρ () πλοῖα () οὐκέτι () ἔρχεται () ἐκ () Καρχηδόνος.
[11] Ἡ () δὲ () χείρ () σου () οὐκέτι () ἰσχύει () κατὰ () θάλασσαν, () ἡ () παροξύνουσα () βασιλεῖς· () κύριος () σαβαωθ () ἐνετείλατο () περὶ () Χανααν () ἀπολέσαι () αὐτῆς () τὴν () ἰσχύν. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἐροῦσιν () Οὐκέτι () μὴ () προσθῆτε () τοῦ () ὑβρίζειν () καὶ () ἀδικεῖν () τὴν () θυγατέρα () Σιδῶνος· () καὶ () ἐὰν () ἀπέλθῃς () εἰς () Κιτιεῖς, οὐδὲ () ἐκεῖ () σοι () ἀνάπαυσις () ἔσται· ()
[13] καὶ () εἰς () γῆν () Χαλδαίων, () καὶ () αὕτη () ἠρήμωται () ἀπὸ () τῶν () Ἀσσυρίων, οὐδὲ () ἐκεῖ () σοι () ἀνάπαυσις () ἔσται, () ὅτι () ὁ () τοῖχος () αὐτῆς () πέπτωκεν. ()
[14] Ὀλολύζετε, () πλοῖα () Καρχηδόνος, ὅτι () ἀπώλετο () τὸ () ὀχύρωμα () ὑμῶν. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () καταλειφθήσεται () Τύρος () ἔτη () ἑβδομήκοντα () ὡς () χρόνος () βασιλέως, () ὡς () χρόνος () ἀνθρώπου· () καὶ () ἔσται () μετὰ () ἑβδομήκοντα () ἔτη () ἔσται () Τύρος () ὡς () ᾆσμα πόρνης ()
[16] Λαβὲ () κιθάραν, () ῥέμβευσον πόλεις, () πόρνη () ἐπιλελησμένη· () καλῶς () κιθάρισον, () πολλὰ () ᾆσον, () ἵνα () σου () μνεία () γένηται. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἔσται () μετὰ () ἑβδομήκοντα () ἔτη () ἐπισκοπὴν () ποιήσει () ὁ () θεὸς () Τύρου, () καὶ () πάλιν () ἀποκατασταθήσεται () εἰς () τὸ () ἀρχαῖον () καὶ () ἔσται () ἐμπόριον () πάσαις () ταῖς () βασιλείαις () τῆς () οἰκουμένης. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἔσται () αὐτῆς () ἡ () ἐμπορία () καὶ () ὁ () μισθὸς () ἅγιον () τῷ () κυρίῳ· () οὐκ () αὐτοῖς () συναχθήσεται, () ἀλλὰ () τοῖς () κατοικοῦσιν () ἔναντι () κυρίου () πᾶσα () ἡ () ἐμπορία () αὐτῆς () φαγεῖν () καὶ () πιεῖν () καὶ () ἐμπλησθῆναι () εἰς () συμβολὴν μνημόσυνον () ἔναντι () κυρίου. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.