New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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1 Tyre: an oracle.
The ships of Tarshish howl, for the harbour is sacked;
the port of entry from Kittim is swept away.
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3 The people of the sea-coast, the merchants of Sidon, wail,
people whose agents note cross the great waters,
whose harvest note is the grain of the Shihor
and their revenue the trade of nations.
4 Sidon, the sea-fortress, note cries in her disappointment, note
I no longer feel the anguish of labour or bear children;
I have no young sons to rear, no daughters to bring up.
5 When the news is confirmed in Egypt
her people sway in anguish at the fate of Tyre.
6 Make your way to Tarshish, they say,
howl, you who dwell by the sea-coast.
7 Is this your busy city, ancient in story,
on whose voyages you were carried to settle far away?
8 Whose plan was this against Tyre, the city of battlements,
whose merchants were princes
and her traders the most honoured men on earth?
9 The Lord of Hosts planned it to prick every noble's pride
and bring all the most honoured men on earth into contempt.
10 Take to the tillage of your fields, note you people of Tarshish;
for your market note is lost.
11 The Lord has stretched out his hand over the sea
and shaken kingdoms,
he has given his command to destroy the marts of Canaan;
12 and he has said, You shall busy yourselves no more,
you, the sorely oppressed virgin city of Sidon.
Though you arise and cross over to Kittim,
even there you shall find no rest.
13 Look at this land, the destined home of ships note! The Chaldaeans note
erected their note siege-towers, dismantled its palaces and laid it in ruins.
14 Howl, you ships of Tarshish;
for your haven is sacked.
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Prophecies relating to foreign nations
15 From that day Tyre shall be forgotten for seventy years, the span of
one king's life. At the end of the seventy years her plight shall be that
of the harlot in the song:
16 Take your harp, go round the city,
poor forgotten harlot;
touch the strings sweetly, sing all your songs,
make men remember you again.
17 At the end of seventy years, the Lord will turn again to Tyre; she
shall go back to her old trade and hire herself out to every kingdom on
earth.
18 The profits of her trading will be dedicated to the Lord; they
shall not be hoarded or stored up, but shall be given to those who
worship note the Lord, to purchase food in plenty and fine attire.
New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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