Isaiah 23:1 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ The oracle on Tyre,––Howl! ye ships of Tarshish, For it is laid too waste to be a haven to enter, From the land of Cyprus, hath it been unveiled to them.

⁴ And, the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish,––Kittim, and Rodanim.

²⁴ When, ships, [come] from the coast of the isles, And humble Assyria, and humble the Hebrew,––And he too, is even to perish?

²⁹ and the boundary turneth to Ramah, and as far as the city of the fortress of Tyre,––then the boundary turneth to Hosah, and so the extensions thereof are, on the west, from Hebel to Achzib;

¹ And Hiram King of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon, for he had heard that, him, had they anointed king, in the room of his father,––for, Hiram, was, a lover, of, David continually.

²² For, a fleet of Tarshish, had the king, at sea, with the fleet of Hiram,––once in three years, came in the fleet of Tarshish, bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes, and peacocks.

⁴⁸ Jehoshaphat, made ships of Tarshish, to go to Ophir, for gold; but they went not,––for ships had been broken to pieces in Ezion–geber.

²¹ For, the ships of the king, used to go to Tarshish, with the servants of Huram,––once in three years, came in the ships of Tarshish, bearing gold and silver, ivory and apes, and peacocks.

⁷ With an east wind, wilt thou shatter the ships of Tarshish.

¹⁶ And upon all the ships of Tarshish,––And upon all desirable, banners.

¹ The oracle on Moab: Because, in a night, was laid waste Ar of Moab––destroyed! Because, in a night, was laid waste Kir of Moab––destroyed, ² He hath gone up to Bayith and Dibon, to the high places, to weep,––On Nebo and on Medeba, Moab is howling, On all their heads, a baldness, Every beard, clipped.

⁸ For the outcry, hath gone round, the boundary of Moab,––As far as Eglaim, the howling thereof, And, to Beer–elim, the howling thereof.

¹² Therefore hath he said,––No more, again, do thou exult, Thou violated virgin daughter of Zidon,––To Cyprus, arise and pass over, Even there, shall one find thee no rest.

¹⁰ Broken down, is the city of desolation,––Shut up, every house, that it cannot be entered.

⁹ Surely, for me, shall, Coastlands, wait, And the ships of Tarshish, first, To bring in thy sons, from far, Their silver and their gold with them,––Unto the name of Yahweh, thy God, And unto the Holy One of Israel, Because he hath adorned thee.

¹⁰ For––pass through the coastlands of the West, and see, And, unto Kedar, send ye and, consider diligently,––And see––whether there hath been the like of this!

¹⁰ And I will banish from among them––The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, The voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride,––The sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp: ¹¹ So shall all this land become, a desolation, an astonishment, And these nations shall serve the king of Babylon, seventy years.

¹⁵ For, thus, said Yahweh, God of Israel, unto me, Take this cup of indignation, wine, out of my hand,––and cause all the nations unto whom I, am sending thee, to drink it:

²² And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon,––and the kings of the Coastland, that is beyond the sea;

⁴ On account of the day that cometh to lay waste all the Philistines, To cut off from Tyre, and Zidon, every escaped one that could have helped,––For Yahweh, is laying waste, the Philistines, The remnant of the Coastland of Caphtor.

¹ And it came to pass, in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying: ² Son of man, Because Tyre hath said, concerning Jerusalem, Aha! She is broken, that was the doors of the peoples, She is turned unto me,––I shall be filled, She is laid waste, ³ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! against thee, O Tyre,––So then I will bring up against thee many nations, As the sea bringeth up its rolling waves; ⁴ And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, And break down her towers, And I will scrape clean her dust from off her,––And make of her the glaring face of a cliff: ⁵ A place for the spreading of nets, shall she become, in the midst of the sea, For, I, have spoken, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh,––And she shall become a prey to the nations. ⁶ And, her daughters that are in the field, with the sword, shall be slain: So shall they know, that, I, am Yahweh. ⁷ For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! bringing against Tyre, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon out of the North, a king of kings,––with horses and with chariots and with horsemen, and a gathered host and much people. ⁸ Thy daughters in the field––with the sword, shall he slay,––And shall set against thee a siege–wall, And cast up against thee an earthwork, And set up against thee a large shield; ⁹ And, the stroke of his attacking–engine, will he direct against thy walls,––And, thy towers, will he break down, with his axes. ¹⁰ By reason of the multitude of his horses, their dust shall cover, thee,––At the noise of horseman and wheel and chariot, shall thy walls tremble, when he entereth into thy gates, Just as they, do who enter a city broken open. ¹¹ With the hoofs of his horses, shall he tread down all thy streets,––Thy people––with the sword, shall he slay, And, thy pillars of strength, to the earth, shall go down. ¹² And they shall spoil thy wealth, And make a prey of thy merchandise, And break down thy walls, And, thy pleasant, houses, shall they lay in ruins; And, thy stones and thy timber and thy dust––in the midst of the waters, shall they lay. ¹³ And I will cause to cease the hum of thy songs; And, the sound of thy lyres, shall not be heard any more. ¹⁴ And I will make of thee the glaring face of a cliff, A place for the spreading of nets, shalt thou become, Thou shalt not be but any more,––For, I, Yahweh, have spoken it, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
¹⁵ Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, to Tyre: Shall it not be, that, At the sound of thy fall, With the groan of thy pierced one, With the slaughter made in thy midst, The Coastlands, shall tremble? ¹⁶ Then shall come down from off their thrones, all the princes of the sea, And shall lay aside their robes, And, their embroidered garments, shall strip off,––With tremblings, shall they clothe themselves, Upon the ground, shall they sit, And shall tremble every moment, and be astonished over thee. ¹⁷ Then shall they take up over thee, a dirge, And say to thee,––How, hast thou perished, And ceased from the seas,––The city renowned, which was strong in the sea, She and they who dwelt in her, Who imparted their terror, To all who dwelt in her. ¹⁸ Now, shall tremble, the Coastlands, In the day of thy fall,––And shall shudder, the isles that are in the sea, At thine exit! ¹⁹ For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, When I make thee a desolate city, Like cities which cannot be dwelt in,––When I bring up over thee the roaring deep, And the mighty waters cover thee, ²⁰ Then will I bring thee down with them that go down into the pit, Unto the people of age–past times, And cause thee to dwell in the earth below, Among the desolations from age–past times, With them that go down into the pit, That thou mayest not be dwelt in,––Nor yet present thyself in the land of the living. ²¹ A terror, will I make thee, And thou shalt not be: Though thou be sought for, Thou shalt not be found any more, To times age–abiding, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

¹ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying: ² Thou, therefore, son of man, Take up over Tyre, a dirge; ³ And thou shalt say unto Tyre, O thou that dwellest by the entrances of the sea, Thou merchant of the peoples, unto many shores,––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, O Tyre, thou, saidst, I, am the perfection of beauty! ⁴ In the heart of the seas, were thy bounds,––Thy builders, perfected thy beauty: ⁵ With fir–trees from Senir, but they for thee, all the two–decked vessels,––Cedar from Lebanon, fetched they, to make masts for thee: ⁶ With oaks from Bashan, made they thine oars,––Thy benches, made they of ivory, inlaid with boxwood, From the shores of the West: ⁷ Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, was thy sail, To serve thee for ensign,––Blue and purple from the shores of Aeolis, became thine awning: ⁸ the inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad, Became rowers for thee,––Thine own skilled men, O Tyre, were within thee, They, were thy sailors: ⁹ the elders of Byblus and the skilled men thereof, were within thee, Thy calkers,––All the ships of the sea and their mariners, were within thee, To carry on thy traffic, ¹⁰ They of Persia and Lud and Phut, were in thine army, Thy men of war,––Shield and helmet, hung they up within thee, They, set forth thy splendour: ¹¹ The sons of Arvad, with thine army, were upon thy walls, round about, And, valorous, in thy towers,––Their shields, hung they up on thy walls, round about, They, perfected thy beauty: ¹² Tarshish, was a trader of thine, For the abundance of all wealth,––With silver, iron, tin and lead, Took they part in thy traffic: ¹³ Javan, Tubal and Meshech, They, were merchants of thine,––With the persons of men, and vessels of bronze, Shared they in thy barter: ¹⁴ Some of the house of Togarmah, with horses and horsemen and mules, Took part in thy traffic: ¹⁵ The sons of Dedan, were merchants of thine, Many isles, took the merchandise of thy hand,––Horns of ivory and ebony, gave they back to thee, in exchange: ¹⁶ Syria, was a trader of thine, For the abundance of thy manufactures,––With carbuncle and purple and embroidery and fine linen and coral and rubies, Took they part in thy traffic: ¹⁷ Judah and the land of Israel, They, were merchants of thine,––With the wheat of Minnith and the sweets of pannag and honey and oil and balsam, Shared they in thy barter: ¹⁸ Damascus, was a trader of thine, For the multitude of thy manufactures, For the multitude of all wealth,––With the wine of Helbon and white wool: ¹⁹ Wedan and Javan, from Uzal, Brought into thy traffic,––Steel, cassia and calamus, Were, in thy merchandise: ²⁰ Dedan, was a merchant of thine,––With spreading wraps, for riding: ²¹ Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, They, were traders at thy service,––With lambs and rams and he–goats, With these, were they traders of thine: ²² The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, They, were merchants of thine,––With the chief of all spices, and with every kind of precious stone, and gold, Took they part in thy traffic: ²³ Haran and Canneh and Eden, the merchants of Sheba,––Asshur, Chilmad, Were merchants of thine: ²⁴ Those, were thy merchants, for gorgeous garments, for wrappings of blue and embroidery, and for treasure–chests of variegated cloth,––for cords, twisted and strong, in thy market:

¹ And the word of Yahweh came, unto me, saying ² Son of man, Say to the Prince of Tyre, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh–Because, lofty, is thy heart, and thou hast said, A GOD, am I, In the seat of God, have I taken my seat, In the heart of the seas; Whereas, thou, art a man, and not a GOD, But hast set thy heart as the heart of God: ³ Lo! wiser, thou, than Daniel,––No secret, have they hidden from thee: ⁴ In thy wisdom and in thine understanding, hast thou gotten thee wealth,––And hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasuries: ⁵ By the greatness of thy wisdom and by thy traffic, hast thou multiplied thy riches,––And thy heart, hath become lofty, in thy riches, ⁶ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,––Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God, ⁷ Therefore, behold me! bringing upon thee aliens, The terrible ones of the nations,––And they shall unsheathe their swords over the beauty of thy wisdom, And profane thy splendour: ⁸ To the pit, shall they take thee down,––And thou shalt die the deaths of one thrust through, In the heart of the seas. ⁹ Wilt thou, really say, God, am I, before him who is slaying thee; When, thou, art a man and not a God, in the hand of them who are piercing thee? ¹⁰ The, deaths of the uncircumcised, shalt thou die, by the hand of aliens,––For, I, have spoken, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
¹¹ And the word of Yahweh came, unto me, saying: ¹² Son of man, Take thou up a dirge, over the king of Tyre,––And thou shalt say to him, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Thou, wast of finished proportions, Full of wisdom, and, Perfect in beauty: ¹³ In Eden, the garden of God, thou wast, Of every precious stone, was thy covering––Sardius, topaz, and diamond, Chrysolite, beryl, and jasper, Sapphire, carbuncle, and emerald,––And, of gold, was the work of thy timbrels and thy flutes, within thee, In the day thou wast created, were they prepared: ¹⁴ Thou, wast the anointed cherub that covered,––When I appointed thee, in the holy mount of God, thou wast, Amid stones of fire, thou didst walk to and fro: ¹⁵ Complete, wast thou, in thy ways, from the day thou wast created,––Until perversity was found, in thee. ¹⁶ By the abundance of thy traffic, they filled thy midst with violence, And thou didst sin,––So I cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God, And destroyed thee, O covering cherub, from amid the stones of fire: ¹⁷ Lofty, was thy heart, in thy beauty, Thou didst corrupt thy wisdom, because of thy splendour,––Upon the earth, did I cast thee, Before kings, did I set thee, That they might look at thee: ¹⁸ Owing to the abounding of thine iniquities, In the perversity of thy traffic, Thou didst profane thy sanctuaries,––Therefore brought I forth fire out of thy midst, The same, devoured thee, And I turned thee to ashes on the ground, Before the eyes of all beholding thee: ¹⁹ All that had known thee among the peoples were astounded over thee,––A terror, hast thou become, And, art not, Unto times age–abiding.
²⁰ And the word of Yahweh came, unto me, saying: ²¹ Son of man, Set thy face towards Zidon,––And prophesy over it; ²² and thou shalt say––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! against thee, O Zidon, Therefore will I get myself glory in thy midst,––And they shall know, that, I, am Yahweh, When I have executed against her judgments, And hallowed myself in her. ²³ So then I will send against her, pestilence and blood in her streets, And the wounded shall fall, in her midst, by the sword upon her from every side,––And they shall know, that, I, am Yahweh. ²⁴ And the house of Israel, shall no more have, a stinging prickle, or a wounding thorn, of any round about them, who used to despise them,––So shall they know, that, I, am The Lord, Yahweh.

³⁰ Then will come in against him the ships of Cyprus, and he will be disheartened, and again have indignation against a holy covenant, and will act with effect,––and again gain intelligence, concerning them who are forsaking a holy covenant.

⁴ Moreover also, what have, ye, to do with me, O Tyre and Zidon, and all the circuit of Palestine? A recompense, are ye paying back unto me? But, though ye should make a recompense unto me, swiftly, speedily, would I return your recompense upon your own head. ⁵ Because, my silver and my gold, ye took away,––and, my richly beautiful things, carried ye into your temples; ⁶ And, the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem, ye sold to the sons of Greece,––that they might be far removed from their own boundary. ⁷ Behold me! rousing them up out of the place whither ye sold them,––So will I bring back your dealing upon your own head. ⁸ And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to Sabeans, unto a nation afar off,––for, Yahweh, hath spoken.

⁹ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Tyre, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because of their delivering up the whole body of exiles to Edom, and they remembered not the brotherly covenant, ¹⁰ Therefore will I send a fire upon the wall of Tyre,––which shall devour the palaces thereof.

² Moreover also, Hamath, adjoineth thereto, Tyre and Zidon,––because very wise; ³ Therefore did Tyre build a stronghold for herself,––and did heap up silver like dust, yea gold, like the mire of the lanes. ⁴ Lo! My Lord, shall dispossess her, and smite, into the sea, her fortress,––and, she herself, in fire, shall be consumed.

¹⁷ That, in one hour, hath been laid waste, such great wealth as this! And, every pilot, and every passenger, and mariners, and as many as, by the sea, carry on traffic, afar off did stand, ¹⁸ and they cried out, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying––What city is like unto the great city? ¹⁹ And they cast dust upon their heads, and cried out, weeping and grieving, saying––Alas! alas! the great city! Whereby were made rich all that had ships in the sea, by reason of her costliness,––that, in one hour, she hath been laid waste!

²² And sound of harp–singers, and musicians, and flute–players, and trumpeters,––in nowise be heard in thee any more; and any artisan [of any art], ––in nowise be found in thee any more; and sound of millstone,––in nowise be found in thee any more; ²³ And light of lamp,––in nowise shine in thee any more; and voice of bridegroom and bride,––in nowise be heard in thee any more; because, thy merchants, were the great ones of the earth, because, with thy sorcery, were all the nations deceived: