Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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1 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.
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A prophecy against Tyre: Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus word has come to them.
2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; <em>thou</em> mart of Zidon, that <em>by</em> passing over the sea thou wert replenished.
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Be silent, you people of the island and you merchants of Sidon, whom the seafarers have enriched.
3 Her provision <em>was</em> from the plantings <em>that grow</em> with the many waters of the Nile, of the harvest of the river. She was also the mart of the Gentiles.
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On the great waters came the grain of the Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre, and she became the marketplace of the nations.
4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon, for the sea has spoken, <em>even</em> the strength of the sea, saying, I have never travailed nor brought forth children, neither did I nourish up young men <em>nor</em> bring up virgins.
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Be ashamed, Sidon, and you fortress of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have neither been in labor nor given birth; I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.”
5 When the report comes unto Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the news from Tyre.
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When word comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report from Tyre.
6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
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Cross over to Tarshish; wail, you people of the island.
7 <em>Is</em> this your joyous <em>city</em>, whose antiquity <em>is</em> of ancient days? Her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
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Is this your city of revelry, the old, old city, whose feet have taken her to settle in far-off lands?
8 Who has decreed this against Tyre, the crowning <em>city</em>, whose merchants were princes, whose traders <em>were</em> the honourable of the earth?
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Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are renowned in the earth?
9 The LORD of the hosts has purposed it to stain the pride of all glory <em>and</em> to bring down all <em>those</em> who are exalted in the earth.
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The LORD Almighty planned it, to bring down her pride in all her splendor and to humble all who are renowned on the earth.
10 Pass by as a river from thy land, O daughter of Tarshish; for <em>thou shalt have</em> no more strength.
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Till your land as they do along the Nile, Daughter Tarshish, for you no longer have a harbor.
11 He stretched out his hand over the sea; he shook the kingdoms; the LORD commanded upon Canaan that her strength should be weakened.
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The LORD has stretched out his hand over the sea and made its kingdoms tremble. He has given an order concerning Phoenicia that her fortresses be destroyed.
12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon; arise, pass over to Chittim, and even there thou shalt have no rest.
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He said, “No more of your reveling, Virgin Daughter Sidon, now crushed! “Up, cross over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.”
13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans. This people was not <em>until</em> the Assyrian founded it for those that dwell in the wilderness; they set up its towers; they raised up its palaces, <em>and</em> he brought it to ruin.
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Look at the land of the Babylonians,this people that is now of no account! The Assyrians have made it a place for desert creatures; they raised up their siege towers, they stripped its fortresses bare and turned it into a ruin.
14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for your strength is laid waste.
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Wail, you ships of Tarshish; your fortress is destroyed!
15 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 Tyre shall sing as a harlot.
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At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the span of a king’s life. But at the end of these seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:
16 Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing the song again that thou may be remembered.
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“Take up a harp, walk through the city, you forgotten prostitute; play the harp well, sing many a song, so that you will be remembered.”
17 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 again with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
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At the end of seventy years, the LORD will deal with Tyre. She will return to her lucrative prostitution and will ply her trade with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.
18 But her profit and her hire shall be consecrated unto the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up for her profit shall be for those that dwell before the LORD, to eat until they are filled and to dress honourably.
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Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the LORD; they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothes.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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