265Or, oracle concerning Tyre. Cf. Tiras in Ge 10:2.
23: 2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, 266ye merchants of Sidon, whose messengers passed over the sea.
266So 1QIsaa 4QIsaa Sept. Aram., Vg. Massoretic reads thou whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
23: 3 And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.
23: 4 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.
23: 5 267When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
267Or, As at the report concerning Egypt, so they etc.
23: 6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast.
23: 7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is 268of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn?
268Or, of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her
23: 8 Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
23: 9 Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to 269stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
269Hb. profane So Massoretic, Vg. 1QIsaa Sept. read profane all the pride of glory,
23: 10 270Pass through thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no 271restraint any more.
270Or, Overflow
271Hb. girdle
23: 11 He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: Jehovah hath given commandment concerning 272Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof.
272Or, the merchant people,
23: 12 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.
23: 13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: 273this people 274is not; the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness; they set up 275their towers; they 276overthrew the palaces thereof; they made it a ruin.
273Or, This people is no more; the Assyrian hath appointed it for the beasts of the wilderness.
274That is, lost its sovereignty;
275Or, the towers thereof; or, their siege towers;
276Or, raised up the palaces thereof;
23: 14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.
23: 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 277it shall be unto Tyre as in the song of the harlot.
277Or, shall Tyre sing as a harlot.
23: 16 Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
23: 17 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.
23: 18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be 278holiness 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 279durable clothing.
278Or, holy or, hallowed or, sanctified
279Or, stately
