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The pronouncement concerning ^(C1)Tyre: Wail, you ^(C2)ships of ^(C3)Tarshish, For Tyre is destroyed, without house or ^(F1)(C4)harbor; It is reported to them from the land of ^(F2)(C5)Cyprus.

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

And were on many waters. ^(C1)The grain of the ^(F1)(C2)Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue; And she was the ^(C3)market of nations.

Be ashamed, ^(C1)Sidon, For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying, "I have neither been in labor nor given birth, I have neither brought up young men nor raised virgins."

When the report reaches Egypt, They will be in ^(C1)anguish over the report of Tyre.

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

Is this your ^(C1)jubilant city, Whose origin is from antiquity, Whose feet used to bring her to ^(F1)colonize distant places?

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

^(C1)The LORD of armies has planned it, to ^(C2)defile the pride of all beauty, To despise all the ^(C3)honored of the earth.

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

He has ^(C1)stretched His hand out ^(C2)over the sea, He has ^(C3)made the kingdoms tremble; The LORD has given a command concerning Canaan to ^(C4)demolish its strongholds.

He has said, "^(C1)You shall not be jubilant anymore, you crushed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to ^(F1)(C2)Cyprus; even there you will find no rest."

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

Wail, you ^(C1)ships of Tarshish, For your stronghold is destroyed.

Now on that day Tyre will be forgotten for ^(C1)seventy years like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:

Take your harp, wander around the city, You forgotten prostitute; Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs, That you may be remembered.

It will come about at ^(C1)the end of seventy years that the LORD will visit Tyre. Then she will go back to her prostitute's wages and ^(C2)commit prostitution with all the kingdoms ^(F1)on the face of the earth.

Her ^(C1)profit and her prostitute's wages will be ^(C2)sacred to the LORD; it will not be stored up or hoarded, but her profit will become sufficient food and magnificent attire for those who dwell in the presence of the LORD.

Behold, the LORD ^(C1)lays the earth waste, devastates it, twists its surface, and scatters its inhabitants.

And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the female servant like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the ^(C1)creditor like the debtor.

The earth will be completely laid waste and completely plundered, for the LORD has spoken this word.

The ^(C1)earth dries up and crumbles away, the mainland dries out and crumbles away, the ^(C2)exalted of the people of the earth dwindle.

The earth is also ^(C1)defiled ^(F1)by its inhabitants, for they violated laws, altered statutes, and ^(C2)broke the everlasting covenant.

Therefore, a ^(C1)curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer for their guilt. Therefore, the ^(C2)inhabitants of the earth decrease in number, and few people are left.

The ^(C1)new wine mourns, The vine decays, All the joyful-hearted sigh.

The ^(C1)joy of tambourines ceases, The noise of revelers stops, The joy of the harp ceases.

They do not drink wine with song; ^(C1)Intoxicating drink is ^(C2)bitter to those who drink it.

The ^(C1)city of chaos is broken down; ^(C2)Every house is shut up so that no one may enter.

There is an ^(C1)outcry in the streets concerning the wine; ^(C2)All joy ^(F1)turns to gloom. The joy of the earth is banished.

Desolation is left in the city And the ^(C1)gate is battered to ruins.

For ^(C1)so it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, As the ^(F1)shaking of an olive tree, As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over.

^(C1)They raise their voices, they shout for joy; They cry out from the ^(F1)west concerning the majesty of the LORD.

Therefore ^(C1)glorify the LORD in the ^(F1)east, The ^(C2)name of the LORD, the God of Israel, In the ^(F2)(C3)coastlands of the sea.

From the ^(C1)ends of the earth we hear songs: "^(C2)Glory to the Righteous One," But I say, "^(F1)I am finished! I am finished! Woe to me! The ^(C3)treacherous deal treacherously, And the treacherous deal very treacherously."

^(C1)Terror and pit and snare ^(F1)Confront you, you inhabitant of the earth.

Then it will be that the one who flees the sound of terror will fall into the pit, And the one who ^(F1)climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare; For the ^(C1)windows ^(F2)above are opened, and the ^(C2)foundations of the earth shake.

^(C1)The earth is broken apart, The earth is ^(C2)split through, The earth is shaken violently.

The earth ^(C1)trembles like a heavy drinker And sways like a hut, For its ^(C2)wrongdoing is heavy upon it, And it will fall, ^(C3)never to rise again.

So it will happen on that day, That the LORD will ^(C1)punish the rebellious ^(F1)(C2)angels of ^(F2)heaven on high, And the ^(C3)kings of the earth on earth.

They will be gathered together Like ^(C1)prisoners in the ^(F1)dungeon, And will be confined in prison; And after many days they will ^(C2)be punished.

Then the ^(C1)moon will be ashamed and the sun be put to shame, For the ^(C2)LORD of armies will reign on ^(C3)Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, And His glory will be before His elders.