over deep water.
Tyre’s revenue was the grain from Shihor—
the harvest of the Nile.
She was the merchant among the nations.(A)

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On the great waters
    came the grain of the Shihor;(A)
the harvest of the Nile[a](B) was the revenue of Tyre,(C)
    and she became the marketplace of the nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:3 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls Sidon, / who cross over the sea; / your envoys are on the great waters. / The grain of the Shihor, / the harvest of the Nile,

17 Then they will lament(A) for you and say of you,

‘How you have perished, city of renown,
you who were populated from the seas![a]
She who was powerful on the sea,
she and all of her inhabitants
inflicted their terror.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 26:17 Some LXX mss read ‘How you were destroyed from the seas, city of renown!
  2. 26:17 Lit and all her inhabitants who put their terror on all her inhabitants; Hb obscure

17 Then they will take up a lament(A) concerning you and say to you:

“‘How you are destroyed, city of renown,
    peopled by men of the sea!
You were a power on the seas,
    you and your citizens;
you put your terror
    on all who lived there.(B)

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“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Your[a] heart is proud, and you have said, “I am a god;(A) I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.” Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

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  1. 28:2 Lit Because your

“Son of man(A), say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘In the pride of your heart
    you say, “I am a god;
I sit on the throne(B) of a god
    in the heart of the seas.”(C)
But you are a mere mortal and not a god,
    though you think you are as wise as a god.(D)

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The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Tyre(A)
for three crimes, even four,
because they handed over
a whole community of exiles to Edom
and broke[a] a treaty of brotherhood.(B)

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  1. 1:9 Lit and did not remember

This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Tyre,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.(B)
Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom,
    disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,(C)

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and also against Hamath,(A) which borders it,
as well as Tyre(B) and Sidon,(C)
though they are very shrewd.

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and on Hamath(A) too, which borders on it,
    and on Tyre(B) and Sidon,(C) though they are very skillful.

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22 But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment(A) than for you.

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22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.(A)

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