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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 23, Verse 6

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5
As at the report concerning Egypt, [so] shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
King James Version
Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
American Standard Version
Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast.
New English Translation
Travel to Tarshish! Wail, you residents of the coast!
World English Bible
Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coast!
7
[Is] this your joyous [city], whose antiquity [is] of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
8
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning [city], whose merchants [are] princes, whose traffickers [are] the honourable of the earth?
9
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.
10
Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: [there is] no more strength.
11
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.
12
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.
13
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.
14
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
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 shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
16
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.