Isaiah 23

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מַשָּׂ֖אthe oracle of צֹ֑רTyre הֵילִ֣ילוּ׀wail אֳנִיּ֣וֹתO ships of תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁTarshish כִּֽי־for שֻׁדַּ֤דit has been devastated מִבַּ֙יִת֙from house מִבּ֔וֹאfrom coming מֵאֶ֥רֶץfrom the land of כִּתִּ֖יםCyprus נִגְלָה־it has been revealedלָֽמוֹ׃to them

דֹּ֖מּוּbe silent יֹ֣שְׁבֵיO inhabitants of אִ֑יthe coastland סֹחֵ֥רthe trader of צִיד֛וֹןSidon עֹבֵ֥רwho passed over יָ֖םthe sea מִלְאֽוּךְ׃they have filled you

וּבְמַ֤יִםand on waters רַבִּים֙many זֶ֣רַעwas the seed of שִׁחֹ֔רShihor קְצִ֥ירthe harvest of יְא֖וֹרthe River תְּבֽוּאָתָ֑הּrevenue her וַתְּהִ֖יand it became סְחַ֥רthe traffic of גּוֹיִֽם׃nations

בּ֣וֹשִׁיbe ashamed צִיד֔וֹןO Sidon כִּֽי־for אָמַ֣רit has said יָ֔םthe sea מָע֥וֹזthe stronghold of הַיָּ֖םthe sea לֵאמֹ֑רto saying לֹֽא־not חַ֣לְתִּיI have been in labor וְלֹֽא־and not יָלַ֗דְתִּיI have given birth וְלֹ֥אand not גִדַּ֛לְתִּיI have brought up בַּחוּרִ֖יםyoung men רוֹמַ֥מְתִּיI have raised בְתוּלֽוֹת׃young women

כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־just when שֵׁ֖מַעa report לְמִצְרָ֑יִםis to Egypt יָחִ֖ילוּpeople will be in anguish כְּשֵׁ֥מַעlike the report of צֹֽר׃Tyre

עִבְר֖וּpass over תַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁהTarshish towards הֵילִ֖ילוּwail יֹ֥שְׁבֵיO inhabitants of אִֽי׃the coastland

הֲזֹ֥את¿ is thisלָכֶ֖םof youעַלִּיזָ֑הjubilant city מִֽימֵי־which is from days of קֶ֤דֶםantiquity קַדְמָתָהּ֙beginning its יֹבִל֣וּהָwhich they have carried it רַגְלֶ֔יהָfeet its מֵֽרָח֖וֹקfrom a distance לָגֽוּר׃to sojourn

מִ֚יwho?יָעַ֣ץdid he plan זֹ֔אתthis עַל־on צֹ֖רTyre הַמַּֽעֲטִירָ֑הwhich bestows crowns אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich סֹחֲרֶ֙יה֙traders its שָׂרִ֔יםwere princes כִּנְעָנֶ֖יהָmerchants its נִכְבַּדֵּי־were the honored people of אָֽרֶץ׃the earth

יְהוָ֥הYahweh צְבָא֖וֹתof hosts יְעָצָ֑הּhe planned it לְחַלֵּל֙to profane גְּא֣וֹןthe pride of כָּל־all צְבִ֔יsplendor לְהָקֵ֖לto treat with contempt כָּל־all נִכְבַּדֵּי־the honored people of אָֽרֶץ׃the earth

עִבְרִ֥יpass over אַרְצֵ֖ךְland your כַּיְאֹ֑רlike the River בַּת־O daughter of תַּרְשִׁ֕ישׁTarshish אֵ֖יןthere not מֵ֥זַחis a restraint עֽוֹד׃still

יָדוֹ֙hand his נָטָ֣הhe has stretched out עַל־over הַיָּ֔םthe sea הִרְגִּ֖יזhe has made tremble מַמְלָכ֑וֹתkingdoms יְהוָה֙Yahweh צִוָּ֣הhe has commanded אֶל־concerning כְּנַ֔עַןCanaan לַשְׁמִ֖דto destroy מָעֻזְנֶֽיהָ׃strongholds its

וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said לֹֽא־not תוֹסִ֥יפִיyou will repeat ע֖וֹדagain לַעְל֑וֹזto exult הַֽמְעֻשָּׁקָ֞הO oppressed one בְּתוּלַ֣תthe virgin of בַּת־the daughter of צִיד֗וֹןSidon כִּתִּים֙Cyprus ק֣וּמִיarise עֲבֹ֔רִיpass over גַּם־also שָׁ֖םthere לֹא־not יָנ֥וּחַֽit will be restלָֽךְ׃to the you

הֵ֣ן׀there!אֶ֣רֶץthe land of כַּשְׂדִּ֗יםthe Chaldeans זֶ֤הthis הָעָם֙is the people לֹ֣אwhich not הָיָ֔הit was אַשּׁ֖וּרAssyria יְסָדָ֣הּit allocated it לְצִיִּ֑יםto desert-dwellers הֵקִ֣ימוּthey raised up בַחוּנָ֗יוsiege-towers its עֹרְרוּ֙they stripped bare אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֔יהָpalaces its שָׂמָ֖הּit made it לְמַפֵּלָֽה׃into a ruin

הֵילִ֖ילוּwail אֳנִיּ֣וֹתO ships of תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁTarshish כִּ֥יfor שֻׁדַּ֖דit has been devastated מָעֻזְּכֶֽן׃ סstronghold your

וְהָיָה֙and it will be בַּיּ֣וֹםin the day הַה֔וּאthe that וְנִשְׁכַּ֤חַתand will be forgotten צֹר֙Tyre שִׁבְעִ֣יםseventy שָׁנָ֔הyears כִּימֵ֖יlike the days of מֶ֣לֶךְa king אֶחָ֑דone מִקֵּ֞ץfrom the end of שִׁבְעִ֤יםseventy שָׁנָה֙years יִהְיֶ֣הit will happen לְצֹ֔רto Tyre כְּשִׁירַ֖תlike the song of הַזּוֹנָֽה׃the prostitute

קְחִ֥יtake כִנּ֛וֹרa harp סֹ֥בִּיgo around עִ֖ירthe city זוֹנָ֣הO prostitute נִשְׁכָּחָ֑הforgotten הֵיטִ֤יבִיdo well נַגֵּן֙to play הַרְבִּי־multiply שִׁ֔ירsong לְמַ֖עַןso that תִּזָּכֵֽרִי׃you may be remembered

וְהָיָ֞הand it will be מִקֵּ֣ץ׀from the end of שִׁבְעִ֣יםseventy שָׁנָ֗הyears יִפְקֹ֤דhe will visit יְהוָה֙Yahweh אֶת־obj.צֹ֔רTyre וְשָׁבָ֖הand it will return לְאֶתְנַנָּ֑הto hire its וְזָֽנְתָ֛הand it will act the prostitute אֶת־with כָּל־all מַמְלְכ֥וֹתthe kingdoms of הָאָ֖רֶץthe earth עַל־on פְּנֵ֥יthe surface of הָאֲדָמָֽה׃the earth

וְהָיָ֨הand it will be סַחְרָ֜הּprofit its וְאֶתְנַנָּ֗הּand hire its קֹ֚דֶשׁa holy thing לַֽיהוָ֔הto Yahweh לֹ֥אnot יֵֽאָצֵ֖רit will be stored up וְלֹ֣אand not יֵֽחָסֵ֑ןit will be hoarded כִּ֣יfor לַיֹּשְׁבִ֞יםto the those who dwell לִפְנֵ֤יto before יְהוָה֙Yahweh יִֽהְיֶ֣הit will belong סַחְרָ֔הּprofit its לֶאֱכֹ֥לfor eating לְשָׂבְעָ֖הto satiety וְלִמְכַסֶּ֥הand for covering עָתִֽיק׃ פmagnificent

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