Isaiah 23 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

The Fall of Tyre

Isa 23:1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish! for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, none entering in. From the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

Isa 23:2

Isa 23:2Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle! The merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished thee.

Isa 23:3

Isa 23:3And on great waters, the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of the nations.

Isa 23:4

Isa 23:4Be thou ashamed, Sidon, for the sea hath spoken, the strength of the sea, saying, I have not travailed nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men nor brought up virgins.

Isa 23:5

Isa 23:5-- When the report came into Egypt, they were sorely pained at the news of Tyre.

Isa 23:6

Isa 23:6Pass over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast!

Isa 23:7

Isa 23:7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? Her feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

Isa 23:8

Isa 23:8Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the distributor of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose dealers were the honourable of the earth?

Isa 23:9

Isa 23:9Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to profane the pride of all glory, to bring to nought all the honourable of the earth.

Isa 23:10

Isa 23:10Overflow thy land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish: there is no more restraint.

Isa 23:11

Isa 23:11He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he shaketh the kingdoms. Jehovah hath given a commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof,

Isa 23:12

Isa 23:12and hath said, Thou shalt no more exult, thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Sidon: get thee up, pass over to Chittim; even there shalt thou have no rest.

Isa 23:13

Isa 23:13Behold the land of the Chaldeans: this people did not exist; the Assyrian founded it for the dwellers in the desert: they set up their towers, they destroyed the palaces thereof; he brought it to ruin.

Isa 23:14

Isa 23:14Howl, ships of Tarshish! for your fortress is laid waste.

Isa 23:15

Isa 23:15And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it shall be for Tyre as the harlot's song.

Isa 23:16

Isa 23:16Take a harp, go about the city, thou forgotten harlot! Make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

Isa 23:17

Isa 23:17And it shall come to pass at the end of seventy years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre; and she will return to her hire, and will commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the earth upon the face of the ground.

Isa 23:18

Isa 23:18And her merchandise and her hire shall be holy to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah, to eat and be sufficed, and for excellent clothing.

In 1867, John Nelson Darby translated the New Testament from Greek into English. Further revisions were done in 1872 and 1884. Darby’s work was first published as The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages by J. N. Darby. After Darby’s death in 1882, some of his students worked together to produce the complete Darby Bible based on the Masoretic Hebrew text, Darby’s German (Elberfelder), and the French (Pau) translations. In 1890, the first complete Darby Bible was published in English. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Isaiah 23 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

The Fall of Tyre

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