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| The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for
it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the
land of Chittim it is revealed to them. |
| Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the
merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. |
| And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest
of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. |
| Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken,
even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth
children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. |
| As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be
sorely pained at the report of Tyre. |
| Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of
the isle. |
| Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of
ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. |
| Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the
crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the
honourable of the earth? |
| The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the
pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the
earth. |
| Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of
Tarshish: there is no more strength. |
| He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the
kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city,
to destroy the strong holds thereof. |
| And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou
oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there
also shalt thou have no rest. |
| Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was
not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness:
they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and
he brought it to ruin. |
| Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is
laid waste. |
| And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre
shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king:
after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. |
| Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that
hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou
mayest be remembered. |
| And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy
years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire,
and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the
face of the earth. |
| And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness
to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise
shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and
for durable clothing. |
| Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh
it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the
inhabitants thereof. |
| And it shall be, as with the people, so with the
priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so
with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the
lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the
giver of usury to him. |
| The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly
spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. |
| The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world
languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do
languish. |
| The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants
thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance,
broken the everlasting covenant. |
| Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and
they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the
earth are burned, and few men left. |
| The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the
merryhearted do sigh. |
| The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that
rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. |
| They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink
shall be bitter to them that drink it. |
| The city of confusion is broken down: every house is
shut up, that no man may come in. |
| There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy
is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. |
| In the city is left desolation, and the gate is
smitten with destruction. |
| When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among
the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the
gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. |
| They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for
the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. |
| Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the
name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea. |
| From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard
songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my
leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously;
yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. |
| Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O
inhabitant of the earth. |
| And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from
the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out
of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows
from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. |
| The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean
dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. |
| The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and
shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be
heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. |
| And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD
shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings
of the earth upon the earth. |
| And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners
are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after
many days shall they be visited. |
| Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun
ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in
Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. |
| O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will
praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old
are faithfulness and truth. |
| For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced
city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. |
| Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the
city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. |
| For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength
to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the
heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. |
| Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the
heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch
of the terrible ones shall be brought low. |
| And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto
all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat
things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. |
| And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the
covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all
nations. |
| He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD
will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people
shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. |
| And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God;
we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have
waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. |
| For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest,
and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down
for the dunghill. |
| And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of
them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall
bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. |
| And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall
he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. |
| In that day shall this song be sung in the land of
Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and
bulwarks. |
| Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which
keepeth the truth may enter in. |
| Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is
stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. |
| Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD
JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: |
| For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the
lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he
bringeth it even to the dust. |
| The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the
poor, and the steps of the needy. |
| The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most
upright, dost weigh the path of the just. |
| Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we
waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the
remembrance of thee. |
| With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea,
with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments
are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. |
| Let favour be showed to the wicked, yet will he not
learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly,
and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. |
| LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see:
but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea,
the fire of thine enemies shall devour them. |
| LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also
hast wrought all our works in us. |
| O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had
dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. |
| They are dead, they shall not live; they are
deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed
them, and made all their memory to perish. |
| Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast
increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto
all the ends of the earth. |
| LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured
out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. |
| Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the
time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have
we been in thy sight, O LORD. |
| We have been with child, we have been in pain, we
have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance
in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. |
| Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body
shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is
as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. |
| Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and
shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment,
until the indignation be overpast. |
| For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to
punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also
shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. |
| In that day the LORD with his sore and great and
strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan
that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. |
| In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red
wine. |
| I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment:
lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. |
| Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and
thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them
together. |
| Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may
make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. |
| He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root:
Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. |
| Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote
him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by
him? |
| In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate
with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. |
| By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be
purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh
all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder,
the groves and images shall not stand up. |
| By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be
purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh
all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder,
the groves and images shall not stand up. |
| Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the
habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf
feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. |
| Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the
habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf
feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. |
| When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be
broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of
no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on
them, and he that formed them will show them no favour. |
| When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be
broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of
no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on
them, and he that formed them will show them no favour. |
| And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD
shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt,
and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. |
| And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD
shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt,
and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. |
| And it shall come to pass in that day, that the
great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to
perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt,
and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. |
| And it shall come to pass in that day, that the
great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to
perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt,
and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. |
| Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of
Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head
of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! |
| Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which
as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters
overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. |
| The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be
trodden under feet: |
| And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the
fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the
summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his
hand he eateth it up. |
| In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of
glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, |
| And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in
judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate. |
| But they also have erred through wine, and through
strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred
through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the
way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. |
| For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so
that there is no place clean. |
| Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make
to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from
the breasts. |
| For precept must be upon precept, precept upon
precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a
little: |
| For with stammering lips and another tongue will he
speak to this people. |
| To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may
cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not
hear. |
| But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon
precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a
little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be
broken, and snared, and taken. |
| Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men,
that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. |
| Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with
death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge
shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our
refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: |
| Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in
Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a
sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. |
| Judgment also will I lay to the line, and
righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of
lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. |
| And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and
your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge
shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. |
| From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you:
for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it
shall be a vexation only to understand the report. |
| For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch
himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in
it. |
| For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he
shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his
strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. |
| Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be
made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption,
even determined upon the whole earth. |
| Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my
speech. |
| Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and
break the clods of his ground? |
| When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not
cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal
wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? |
| For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth
teach him. |
| For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing
instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the
fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. |
| Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be
threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with
his horsemen. |
| This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which
is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. |
| Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt!
add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. |
| Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be
heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. |
| And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay
siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. |
| And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of
the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice
shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and
thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. |
| Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like
small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that
passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. |
| Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with
thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and
the flame of devouring fire. |
| And the multitude of all the nations that fight
against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that
distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. |
| It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and,
behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a
thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and,
behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of
all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. |
| Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they
are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. |
| For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of
deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the
seers hath he covered |
| And the vision of all is become unto you as the words
of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned,
saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: |
| And the book is delivered to him that is not learned,
saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. |
| Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw
near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have
removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the
precept of men: |
| Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous
work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the
wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their
prudent men shall be hid. |
| Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel
from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth
us? and who knoweth us? |
| Surely your turning of things upside down shall be
esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it,
He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He
had no understanding? |
| Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall
be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed
as a forest? |
| And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the
book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of
darkness. |
| The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD,
and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. |
| For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the
scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: |
| That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a
snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a
thing of nought. |
| Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham,
concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither
shall his face now wax pale. |
| But when he seeth his children, the work of mine
hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the
Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. |
| They also that erred in spirit shall come to
understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. |
| Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that
take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my
spirit, that they may add sin to sin: |
| That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at
my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to
trust in the shadow of Egypt! |
| Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame,
and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. |
| For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came
to Hanes. |
| They were all ashamed of a people that could not
profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. |
| The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land
of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper
and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders
of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a
people that shall not profit them. |
| For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no
purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit
still. |
| Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it
in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: |
| That this is a rebellious people, lying children,
children that will not hear the law of the LORD: |
| Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets,
Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy
deceits: |
| Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path,
cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. |
| Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because
ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay
thereon: |
| Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach
ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly
at an instant. |
| And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters'
vessel, that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall
not be found in the bursting of it a shard to take fire from the hearth,
or to take water from the cistern." |
|
For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: "In returning and
rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your
strength." But you would not,
|
| And you said, "No; for we will flee upon horses";
therefore shall you flee! And, "We will ride on swift horses"-- therefore
those that pursue you shall be swift. |
| One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the
rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of
a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. |
| And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be
gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have
mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they
that wait for him. |
| For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou
shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy
cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. |
| And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity,
and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a
corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: |
| And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying,
This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when
ye turn to the left. |
| Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images
of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast
them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. |
| Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou
shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and
it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large
pastures. |
| The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the
ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel
and with the fan. |
| And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon
every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great
slaughter, when the towers fall. |
| Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light
of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of
seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,
and healeth the stroke of their wound. |
| Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning
with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of
indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: |
| And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach
to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity:
and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to
err. |
| Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy
solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to
come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. |
| And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be
heard, and shall show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation
of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and
tempest, and hailstones. |
| For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian
be beaten down, which smote with a rod. |
| And in every place where the grounded staff shall
pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and
harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it. |
| For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is
prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and
much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle
it. |
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