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An Oracle Concerning Tyre

¹ The ^(F1)oracle concerning ^(C1)Tyre.

Wail, O ^(C2)ships of ^(C3)Tarshish,
For Tyre is destroyed, without house or ^(F2)(C4)harbor;
It is revealed to them from the land of ^(F3)(C5)Cyprus.

^2 (C1)Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon;
^(F1)Your messengers crossed the sea

³ And were on many waters.
^(C1)The ^(F1)grain of ^(F2)(C2)Shihor, the harvest of the Nile was her revenue;
And she was the nations' ^(C3)gain.

⁴ Be ashamed, O ^(C1)Sidon;
For the sea speaks, the strong defense of the sea, saying,
"I have neither travailed nor given birth;
I have neither brought up choice men nor reared virgins."

⁵ When the report reaches Egypt,
They will be in ^(C1)travail at the report of Tyre.

⁶ Pass over to ^(C1)Tarshish;
Wail, O inhabitants of the coastland.

⁷ Is this your ^(C1)exultant city,
Whose origin is from days of old,
Whose feet used to lead her to sojourn in distant places?

⁸ Who has counseled this against Tyre, ^(C1)the bestower of crowns,
Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?

^9 (C1)Yahweh of hosts has counseled it, to ^(C2)defile the pride of all beauty,
To make contemptuous all the ^(C3)honored of the earth.

^10 (F1)Overflow your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish;
There is no more ^(F2)restraint.

¹¹ He has ^(C1)stretched His hand out ^(C2)over the sea;
He has ^(C3)made the kingdoms tremble;
Yahweh has given a command concerning Canaan to ^(C4)demolish its strong defenses.

¹² So He said, "^(C1)You shall exult no more, O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, pass over to ^(F1)(C2)Cyprus; even there you will find no rest."

¹³ Behold, the land of the Chaldeans—this is the people which was not; ^(C1)Assyria established it for ^(C2)desert creatures—they erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, ^(C3)they made it a ruin.

¹⁴ Wail, O ^(C1)ships of Tarshish,
For your strong defense is destroyed.

¹⁶ Take your harp, walk about the city,
O forgotten harlot;
Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.