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SEPTEMBER 16
13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans,
This people which was not;
Assyria founded it for wild beasts of
23:1 Tyre. A Phoenician seaport on the the desert.
Mediterranean Sea, located about 35 miles They set up its towers,
north of Mt. Carmel and 28 miles west of Mt. They raised up its palaces,
Hermon, Tyre supplied lumber for King And brought it to ruin.
Solomon’s temple (1 Kin. 5:1,7–12) and sailors
14 Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
for his navy (1 Kin. 9:26,27). laid waste. Tyre
was under siege 5 times between this prophe- For your strength is laid waste.
cy and 332 B.C. Only the last of these attacks (in 15 Now it shall come to pass in that day that
332 B.C., by Alexander the Great) completely Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, accord-
leveled and subdued the city. Ezekiel prophe- ing to the days of one king. At the end of sev-
sied this destruction in Ezekiel 26:3–27:36.
enty years it will happen to Tyre as in the song
of the harlot:
The harvest of the River, is her 16 “Take a harp, go about the city,
revenue; You forgotten harlot;
And she is a marketplace for the nations. Make sweet melody, sing many songs,
Be ashamed, O Sidon;
4 That you may be remembered.”
For the sea has spoken, 17 And it shall be, at the end of seventy years,
The strength of the sea, saying, that the LORD will deal with Tyre. She will
“I do not labor, nor bring forth children; return to her hire, and commit fornication
Neither do I rear young men, with all the kingdoms of the world on the face
Nor bring up virgins.” of the earth. Her gain and her pay will be set
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5 When the report reaches Egypt, apart for the LORD; it will not be treasured nor
They also will be in agony at the report laid up, for her gain will be for those who dwell
of Tyre. before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for fine
6 clothing.
Cross over to Tarshish;
Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland! Behold, the LORD makes the earth
7 Is this your joyous city, 24 empty and makes it waste,
Whose antiquity is from ancient days, Distorts its surface
Whose feet carried her far off to dwell? And scatters abroad its inhabitants.
8 Who has taken this counsel against 2 And it shall be:
Tyre, the crowning city, As with the people, so with the priest;
Whose merchants are princes, As with the servant, so with his master;
Whose traders are the honorable of the As with the maid, so with her mistress;
earth? As with the buyer, so with the seller;
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The LORD of hosts has purposed it, As with the lender, so with the
To bring to dishonor the pride of all borrower;
glory, As with the creditor, so with the
To bring into contempt all the debtor.
honorable of the earth. 3 The land shall be entirely emptied and
10 Overflow through your land like the utterly plundered,
River, For the LORD has spoken this word.
O daughter of Tarshish; 4 The earth mourns and fades away,
There is no more strength. The world languishes and fades away;
He stretched out His hand over the sea, The haughty people of the earth lan-
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He shook the kingdoms; guish.
The LORD has given a commandment 5 The earth is also defiled under its
against Canaan inhabitants,
To destroy its strongholds. Because they have transgressed the
12 And He said, “You will rejoice no more, laws,
O you oppressed virgin daughter of Changed the ordinance,
Sidon. Broken the everlasting covenant.
Arise, cross over to Cyprus; 6 Therefore the curse has devoured the
There also you will have no rest.” earth,

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