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1. Here is a message about Tyre: Wail, you large ships, for the port is too devastated to enter! From the land of Cyprus this news is announced to them.
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1. The burden H4853 of Tyre H6865 . Howl H3213 , ye ships H591 of Tarshish H8659 ; for H3588 it is laid waste H7703 , so that there is no house H4480 H1004 , no entering in H4480 H935 : from the land H4480 H776 of Chittim H3794 it is revealed H1540 to them.
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2. Lament, you residents of the coast, you merchants of Sidon who travel over the sea, whose agents sail over
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2. Be still H1826 , ye inhabitants H3427 of the isle H339 ; thou whom the merchants H5503 of Zidon H6721 , that pass over H5674 the sea H3220 , have replenished H4390 .
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3. the deep waters! Grain from the Shihor region, crops grown near the Nile she receives; she is the trade center of the nations.
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3. And by great H7227 waters H4325 the seed H2233 of Sihor H7883 , the harvest H7105 of the river H2975 , is her revenue H8393 ; and she is H1961 a mart H5505 of nations H1471 .
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4. Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea says this, O fortress of the sea: "I have not gone into labor or given birth; I have not raised young men or brought up young women."
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4. Be thou ashamed H954 , O Zidon H6721 : for H3588 the sea H3220 hath spoken H559 , even the strength H4581 of the sea H3220 , saying H559 , I travail H2342 not H3808 , nor H3808 bring forth children H3205 , neither H3808 do I nourish up H1431 young men H970 , nor bring up H7311 virgins H1330 .
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5. When the news reaches Egypt, they will be shaken by what has happened to Tyre.
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5. As H834 at the report H8088 concerning Egypt H4714 , so shall they be sorely pained H2342 at the report H8088 of Tyre H6865 .
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6. Travel to Tarshish! Wail, you residents of the coast!
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6. Pass ye over H5674 to Tarshish H8659 ; howl H3213 , ye inhabitants H3427 of the isle H339 .
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7. Is this really your boisterous city whose origins are in the distant past, and whose feet led her to a distant land to reside?
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7. Is this H2063 your joyous H5947 city , whose antiquity H6927 is of ancient H6924 days H4480 H3117 ? her own feet H7272 shall carry H2986 her afar off H4480 H7350 to sojourn H1481 .
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8. Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth?
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8. Who H4310 hath taken this counsel H3289 H2063 against H5921 Tyre H6865 , the crowning H5849 city , whose H834 merchants H5503 are princes H8269 , whose traders H3669 are the honorable H3513 of the earth H776 ?
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9. The LORD who commands armies planned it� to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth.
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9. The LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 hath purposed H3289 it , to stain H2490 the pride H1347 of all H3605 glory H6643 , and to bring into contempt H7043 all H3605 the honorable H3513 of the earth H776 .
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10. Daughter Tarshish, travel back to your land, as one crosses the Nile; there is no longer any marketplace in Tyre.
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10. Pass through H5674 thy land H776 as a river H2975 , O daughter H1323 of Tarshish H8659 : there is no H369 more H5750 strength H4206 .
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11. The LORD stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook kingdoms; he gave the order to destroy Canaan's fortresses.
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11. He stretched out H5186 his hand H3027 over H5921 the sea H3220 , he shook H7264 the kingdoms H4467 : the LORD H3068 hath given a commandment H6680 against H413 the merchant H3667 city , to destroy H8045 the strongholds H4581 thereof.
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12. He said, "You will no longer celebrate, oppressed virgin daughter Sidon! Get up, travel to Cyprus, but you will find no relief there."
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12. And he said H559 , Thou shalt no H3808 more H5750 rejoice H5937 , O thou oppressed H6231 virgin H1330 , daughter H1323 of Zidon H6721 : arise H6965 , pass over H5674 to Chittim H3794 ; there H8033 also H1571 shalt thou have no rest H5117 H3808 .
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13. Look at the land of the Chaldeans, these people who have lost their identity! The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals. They erected their siege towers, demolished its fortresses, and turned it into a heap of ruins.
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13. Behold H2005 the land H776 of the Chaldeans H3778 ; this H2088 people H5971 was H1961 not H3808 , till the Assyrian H804 founded H3245 it for them that dwell in the wilderness H6728 : they set up H6965 the towers H971 thereof , they raised up H6209 the palaces H759 thereof; and he brought H7760 it to ruin H4654 .
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14. Wail, you large ships, for your fortress is destroyed!
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14. Howl H3213 , ye ships H591 of Tarshish H8659 : for H3588 your strength H4581 is laid waste H7703 .
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15. At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the typical life span of a king. At the end of seventy years Tyre will try to attract attention again, like the prostitute in the popular song:
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15. And it shall come to pass H1961 in that H1931 day H3117 , that Tyre H6865 shall be forgotten H7911 seventy H7657 years H8141 , according to the days H3117 of one H259 king H4428 : after the end H4480 H7093 of seventy H7657 years H8141 shall Tyre H6865 sing H7892 as a harlot H2181 .
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16. "Take the harp, go through the city, forgotten prostitute! Play it well, play lots of songs, so you'll be noticed!"
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16. Take H3947 a harp H3658 , go about H5437 the city H5892 , thou harlot H2181 that hast been forgotten H7911 ; make sweet H3190 melody H5059 , sing many H7235 songs H7892 , that H4616 thou mayest be remembered H2142 .
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17. At the end of seventy years the LORD will revive Tyre. She will start making money again by selling her services to all the earth's kingdoms.
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17. And it shall come to pass H1961 after the end H4480 H7093 of seventy H7657 years H8141 , that the LORD H3068 will visit H6485 H853 Tyre H6865 , and she shall turn H7725 to her hire H868 , and shall commit fornication H2181 with H854 all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the world H776 upon H5921 the face H6440 of the earth H127 .
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18. Her profits and earnings will be set apart for the LORD. They will not be stored up or accumulated, for her profits will be given to those who live in the LORD's presence and will be used to purchase large quantities of food and beautiful clothes.
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18. And her merchandise H5504 and her hire H868 shall be H1961 holiness H6944 to the LORD H3068 : it shall not H3808 be treasured H686 nor H3808 laid up H2630 ; for H3588 her merchandise H5504 shall be H1961 for them that dwell H3427 before H6440 the LORD H3068 , to eat H398 sufficiently H7654 , and for durable H6266 clothing H4374 .
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