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 Chittim it is revealed to them. Compare verse2 commentaries
2 Be still, you inhabitants of the isle; you whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. Compare verse1 commentary
3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. Compare verse1 commentary
4 Be you ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea has 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. Compare verse7 commentaries
5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. Compare verse2 commentaries
7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. Compare verse2 commentaries
8 Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth? Compare verse2 commentaries
9 The LORD of hosts has purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth. Compare verse2 commentaries
10 Pass through your land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. Compare verse2 commentaries
11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD has given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof. Compare verse2 commentaries
12 And he said, You shall no more rejoice, O you oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shall you have no rest. Compare verse2 commentaries
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. Compare verse3 commentaries
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. Compare verse3 commentaries
16 Take an harp, go about the city, you harlot that have been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered. Compare verse2 commentaries
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 on the face of the earth. Compare verse3 commentaries
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. Compare verse3 commentaries