Isaiah 23 Cross References - NSB

¹ Wail, O ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus (Kittim) word has come to them. ² Be silent, you people of the island and you merchants of Sidon, whom the seafarers have enriched. ³ On the great waters came the grain of the Shihor. The harvest of the Nile River was the revenue of Tyre, and she became the marketplace of the nations. ⁴ Be ashamed, O Sidon, and you, O 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 word arrives at Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report from Tyre. ⁶ Crossover to Tarshish and cry you people of the island. ⁷ Is this your exultant city founded in antiquity? Is this the city that sent its people to settle in distant lands? ⁸ Who planned such a thing against Tyre, the city that produced kings? Its merchants are princes. Its traders are among the honored people of the world. ⁹ Jehovah of Hosts planned this in order to dishonor all arrogant people and to humiliate all the honored people of the world. ¹⁰ Travel through your country like the Nile, people of Tarshish. You no longer have a harbor. ¹¹ Jehovah has stretched his hand over the sea to shake kingdoms. He has commanded that Canaan's fortifications be destroyed. ¹² He said: »You will exult no more, O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.« ¹³ Look at the land of the Chaldeans. This is the people that were not. Assyria appointed it for desert creatures. They erected their siege towers and they stripped its palaces. They made it a ruin! ¹⁴ Cry out O ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is destroyed. ¹⁵ Now in that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years like the lifespan of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute: ¹⁶ »Take harp and walk about the city, O forgotten prostitute. Pluck the strings skillfully; sing many songs, that you may be remembered.« ¹⁷ It will come about at the end of seventy years that Jehovah will visit Tyre. Then she will go back to her prostitute’s wages and will play the wanton woman with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. ¹⁸ The money she earns by commerce will be dedicated to Jehovah. She will not store it away, but those who worship Jehovah will use her money to buy the food and the clothing they need.

⁴ The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim (Dodanim).

²⁴ »Ships will come from the coast of Kittim. They will afflict Asshur and will afflict Eber. They will also come to destruction.«

²⁹ The boundary turned to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and then the boundary turned to Hosah; it ended at the sea near Achzib.

¹ When King Hiram of Tyre heard that Solomon succeeded his father as king he sent ambassadors to Solomon. He had always been a friend of David's.

²² For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and apes (monkeys) and peacocks.

⁴⁸ King Jehoshaphat had ocean-going ships built to sail to the land of Ophir for gold. They were wrecked at Eziongeber and never sailed.

²¹ The king had ships going to Tarshish with Huram’s sailors. Once every three years the Tarshish ships would bring gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.

⁷ You break the ships of Tarshish using the east wind.

¹⁶ and also against all the large ships of Tarshish and all the beautiful boats.

¹ Surely in a night Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined. Certainly in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined. ² They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Everyone's head is bald and every beard is cut off.

⁸ Everywhere at Moab's borders the sound of crying is heard. It is heard at the towns of Eglaim and Beerelim.

¹² He said: »You will exult no more, O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.«

¹⁰ The ruined city lies desolate. The entrance to every house is barred and none may enter.

⁹ »Surely the coastlands wait with hope for me. The ships from Tarshish are the first to bring your children from far away. They bring their silver and their gold with them to honor the name of Jehovah your God, the Holy One of Israel, because he has honored you.

¹⁰ »Go over to the coasts of Cyprus (Kittim), and see. Send someone to Kedar and observe closely. See if there has ever been such a thing as this.

¹⁰ »I will take from them the sounds of joy and happiness, the sounds of brides and grooms, the sound of mills, and the light of lamps. ¹¹ »This whole land will be ruined and become a wasteland. These nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.«’

¹⁵ »This is what Jehovah the God of Israel said to me: ‘Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my fury, and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink from it.

²² all the kings of Tyre and Sidon, and the kings on the seacoast;

⁴ The time has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon any Philistine who might have escaped to get help. Jehovah will destroy the Philistines and anyone who is left from the island of Crete.

¹ Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of Jehovah came to me: ² »Son of man, because Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has opened to me. I will be filled, now that she is laid waste.’ ³ »Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: ‘I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. ⁴ »‘They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her debris from her and make her a bare rock. ⁵ »‘She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea. I have spoken, declares the Lord Jehovah. She will become spoil for the nations.’ ⁶ »‘Her daughters on the mainland will be killed by the sword. They will know that I am Jehovah.’ ⁷ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He is king of kings. He has many horses, chariots, cavalry and a great army. ⁸ ‘»He will slay your daughters on the mainland with the sword. He will make siege walls against you, cast up a ramp against you and raise up a large shield against you. ⁹ »‘He will direct the blow of his battering rams against your walls. He will break down your towers with his axes. ¹⁰ »‘Dust raised by the vast number of his horses will cover you. The noise of cavalry, wagons and chariots will shake your walls. He will enter your gates as men enter a city that is breached. ¹¹ »‘The hoofs of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword and your strong pillars will come down to the ground. ¹² »‘They will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. They will throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water.’ ¹³ »‘So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will be heard no more. ¹⁴ »‘I will make you a bare rock. You will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more, for I Jehovah have spoken,’ declares the Lord Jehovah. ¹⁵ »The Lord Jehovah says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst? ¹⁶ ‘»Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you. ¹⁷ ‘»They will take up a lamentation over you and say to you: »‘»How you have perished, O inhabited one, from the seas, O renowned city. You were mighty on the sea. She and her inhabitants imposed her terror on all her inhabitants! ¹⁸ »‘»Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall. Yes, the coastlands by the sea will be terrified at your passing.«’ ¹⁹ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, ²⁰ then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit (grave), to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth. It will be like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit (grave), so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living. ²¹ »I will bring terrors on you and you will be no more. Though you will be sought, you will never be found again,’ declares the Lord Jehovah.«

¹ Jehovah’s word continued to come to me: ² »You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre. ³ Say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord Jehovah: »‘O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’ ⁴ »Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty. ⁵ »They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. ⁶ »Of oaks from Bashan they have made your oars. With ivory they have inlaid your deck with cypress wood from the coastlands of Cyprus. ⁷ »Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt. It became your distinguishing mark. Your awning was blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah. ⁸ »‘»The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard. They were your pilots. ⁹ »‘»The elders of Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your seams. All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise. ¹⁰ »‘»Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you. They set forth your splendor. ¹¹ »‘»People from Arvad and Helech were tower guards all around your walls. They made your beauty perfect. ¹² People from Tarshish traded with you because you were so very rich. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise. ¹³ »‘»Japan, Tubal and Meshech were your traders. They paid for your merchandise with the lives of men and vessels of bronze. ¹⁴ »‘»Those from Beth-togarmah gave horses and warhorses and mules for your wares. ¹⁵ »‘»The sons of Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were your market; ivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment. ¹⁶ »‘»Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods. They paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies. ¹⁷ »‘»Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded with the wheat of Minnith. Cakes, honey, oil and balm were paid for your merchandise. ¹⁸ »‘»Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool. ¹⁹ »‘»Vedan and Javan paid for your wares from Uzal. Wrought iron, cassia and sweet cane were among your merchandise. ²⁰ »‘»Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. ²¹ »‘»Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers for lambs, rams and goats. ²² »‘»The traders of Sheba and Raamah traded with you. They paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of spices, and with all kinds of precious stones and gold. ²³ »‘»Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad traded with you. ²⁴ »‘»They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.

¹ Jehovah continued to speak to me: ² »Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »‘»In your arrogance you say, ‘I am a god (strong deity). I sit on God's throne in the sea.’ But you are only human and not a god, although you think you are a god. (2 Thes 2:4) ³ ‘»You think that you are wiser than Daniel and that no secret can be hidden from you. ⁴ ‘»Because you are wise and understanding, you have made yourself rich. You saved gold and silver in your treasuries. ⁵ ‘»Because of your great skill in trading, you have made yourself very wealthy. You have become arrogant because of your wealth.’« ⁶ ‘»Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: Because you have made your heart like (consider yourself to be like) the heart of God, ⁷ ‘»I will bring strangers, ruthless nations, upon you. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor. ⁸ ‘»They will throw you into a pit. You will die a violent death in the sea. ⁹ ‘»You will no longer say that you are a god when you face those who kill you. You will be a human, not a god, in the hands of those who kill you.«’ ¹⁰ ‘»You will die at the hands of foreigners like a godless person.’ I have spoken, declares Jehovah.« ¹¹ Jehovah continued to speak his word to me: ¹² »Son of man, sing a funeral song for the ruler of Tyre. Tell him: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »‘»You were the perfect example, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. ¹³ »‘»You were in Eden, God's garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, jade, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created. ¹⁴ »‘»I appointed an angel to guard you. You were on God's holy mountain. You walked among fiery stones. ¹⁵ »‘»Your behavior was perfect from the time you were created, until evil was found in you. ¹⁶ »‘»By the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. Therefore I have cast you as profane from the mountain of God. I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. ¹⁷ »‘»Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground. I put you before kings, that they may see you. ¹⁸ »‘»By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you. It has consumed you. I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the eyes of all who see you. ¹⁹ »‘»All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you. You have become terrified. You will cease to be forever.«’« ²⁰ The word of Jehovah came to me, He said: ²¹ »Son of man, set your face (pay attention) toward Sidon, prophesy against her. ²² »You must say,, The Lord Jehovah says: »I am against you, O Sidon! I will be glorified in your midst. Then they will know that I am Jehovah when I execute judgments in her. I will manifest my holiness in her. ²³ »‘For I will send pestilence to her and blood to her streets. The wounded will fall in her midst by the sword upon her on every side. Then they will know that I am Jehovah. ²⁴ »‘There will be no more prickling brier or a painful thorn for the house of Israel from any round about them who scorned them. Then they will know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

³⁰ »For ships of Kittim will come against him. He will be grieved and will return. He will have indignation against the holy covenant and will do what he pleases. He will even return, and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.

⁴ »What are you to me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you pay recompense (compensation) to me? If you pay recompense to me swiftly and speedily, will I return your recompense upon your own head? ⁵ »You have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my precious treasures into your temples. ⁶ »You sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks. You remove them far from their border. ⁷ »Behold, I will arouse them out of the place where you sold them and will return your recompense upon your head. ⁸ »I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah. And they will sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off: for Jehovah has spoken it.

⁹ Jehovah continued: »For the many transgressions of Tyre I will not withdraw punishment! They captured all the people and delivered them to Edom. They did not remember the brotherly covenant. ¹⁰ »I will send fire on the walls of Tyre. It will devour the palaces.«

² »Hamath and all that borders on it, including Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise. ³ »Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. ⁴ »Behold! Jehovah will evict her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.

¹⁷ »'In one hour these great riches came to nothing.' Every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood far off, ¹⁸ »and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying: 'What city is like this great city!' ¹⁹ »They threw dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying: 'Woe, woe to the great city. All that had ships in the sea became rich by her wealth. In one hour she was made desolate.'

²² »The sound of harp players, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, will not be heard anymore in you. No craftsman will be found in you. The sound of a millstone will not be heard in you anymore. ²³ »There will no longer be the light of a candle in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you. Your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your spiritistic practice all nations were deceived.

¹⁰ Cease your endeavors and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be glorified in the earth!

¹ »Be silent before me, you islands! Let the nations renew their strength! Let them come forward and speak. Let us meet together at the place of judgment.

⁵ »Sit silently and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans. You will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.

³ Say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord Jehovah: »‘O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’ ⁴ »Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.

⁸ »‘»The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard. They were your pilots. ⁹ »‘»The elders of Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your seams. All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise. ¹⁰ »‘»Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you. They set forth your splendor. ¹¹ »‘»People from Arvad and Helech were tower guards all around your walls. They made your beauty perfect. ¹² People from Tarshish traded with you because you were so very rich. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise. ¹³ »‘»Japan, Tubal and Meshech were your traders. They paid for your merchandise with the lives of men and vessels of bronze. ¹⁴ »‘»Those from Beth-togarmah gave horses and warhorses and mules for your wares. ¹⁵ »‘»The sons of Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were your market; ivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment. ¹⁶ »‘»Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods. They paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies. ¹⁷ »‘»Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded with the wheat of Minnith. Cakes, honey, oil and balm were paid for your merchandise. ¹⁸ »‘»Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool. ¹⁹ »‘»Vedan and Javan paid for your wares from Uzal. Wrought iron, cassia and sweet cane were among your merchandise. ²⁰ »‘»Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. ²¹ »‘»Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers for lambs, rams and goats. ²² »‘»The traders of Sheba and Raamah traded with you. They paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of spices, and with all kinds of precious stones and gold. ²³ »‘»Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad traded with you. ²⁴ »‘»They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise. ²⁵ »‘»The ships of Tarshish were the carriers for your merchandise. And you were filled and were very glorious in the heart of the seas. ²⁶ »‘»Your rowers have brought you into great waters. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas. ²⁷ »‘»Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise, your sailors and your pilots, your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise and all your men of war who are in you, with all your company that is in your midst, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your overthrow. ²⁸ »‘»The pasturelands will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots. ²⁹ »‘»All who handle the oars, the sailors and all the pilots of the sea will come down from their ships. They will stand on the land, ³⁰ »‘»And they will make their voice heard over you and will cry bitterly. They will cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes. ³¹ »‘»They will make themselves bald for you and gird themselves with sackcloth. They will weep for you in bitterness and with painful mourning. ³² »‘»In their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you and lament over you: Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea? ³³ »‘»When your wares went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples. With the abundance of your wealth and your merchandise you enriched the kings of earth. ³⁴ »‘»In the very depths of the waters, you are broken by the sea. Your merchandise and all your company have fallen in the midst of you. ³⁵ »‘»All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you. Their kings are horribly afraid. They are troubled in countenance. ³⁶ »‘»The merchants among the peoples hiss at you. You have become terrified and you will cease to be forever.«’«

² »Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »‘»In your arrogance you say, ‘I am a god (strong deity). I sit on God's throne in the sea.’ But you are only human and not a god, although you think you are a god. (2 Thes 2:4)

²⁰ »Jehovah is in his Holy Temple. Let all the earth be silent before him.«

¹⁰ »The land you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you came. You used to sow your seed and irrigate it with your foot as in a vegetable garden.

⁵ David assembled all the Israelites, from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo to the entrance to Hamath, to bring the Ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.

⁷ The plants (rushes) along the Nile, at the mouth of the river will wither. Every sown field along the Nile will become parched and blow away to be no more.

⁸ Who planned such a thing against Tyre, the city that produced kings? Its merchants are princes. Its traders are among the honored people of the world.

²⁰ Blessed are those who plant beside every stream and those who let cattle and donkeys roam freely.

¹⁸ »Why are you going to Egypt to drink water from the Nile (Shihor) River? You will not gain anything by going to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates River.

³ Say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord Jehovah: »‘O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’ ⁴ »Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty. ⁵ »They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. ⁶ »Of oaks from Bashan they have made your oars. With ivory they have inlaid your deck with cypress wood from the coastlands of Cyprus. ⁷ »Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt. It became your distinguishing mark. Your awning was blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah. ⁸ »‘»The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard. They were your pilots. ⁹ »‘»The elders of Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your seams. All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise. ¹⁰ »‘»Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you. They set forth your splendor. ¹¹ »‘»People from Arvad and Helech were tower guards all around your walls. They made your beauty perfect. ¹² People from Tarshish traded with you because you were so very rich. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise. ¹³ »‘»Japan, Tubal and Meshech were your traders. They paid for your merchandise with the lives of men and vessels of bronze. ¹⁴ »‘»Those from Beth-togarmah gave horses and warhorses and mules for your wares. ¹⁵ »‘»The sons of Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were your market; ivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment. ¹⁶ »‘»Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods. They paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies. ¹⁷ »‘»Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded with the wheat of Minnith. Cakes, honey, oil and balm were paid for your merchandise. ¹⁸ »‘»Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool. ¹⁹ »‘»Vedan and Javan paid for your wares from Uzal. Wrought iron, cassia and sweet cane were among your merchandise. ²⁰ »‘»Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. ²¹ »‘»Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers for lambs, rams and goats. ²² »‘»The traders of Sheba and Raamah traded with you. They paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of spices, and with all kinds of precious stones and gold. ²³ »‘»Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad traded with you.

³³ »‘»When your wares went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples. With the abundance of your wealth and your merchandise you enriched the kings of earth.

⁴ ‘»Because you are wise and understanding, you have made yourself rich. You saved gold and silver in your treasuries.

⁵ »You have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my precious treasures into your temples.

¹¹ »The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her. For no man buys their merchandise any more. ¹² »The merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones, and of pearls, fine linen, purple and silk, scarlet, and everything in scented wood, all manner of ivory and all manner of most precious wood, of brass and iron and marble, ¹³ »cinnamon, odors and ointments, frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour, wheat, beasts, and sheep and horses, chariots and slaves and humans

¹⁵ Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

¹⁹ and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

³ »They will hear the sound of galloping warhorses, the rattling of enemy chariots, and the rumbling of their wheels. Fathers who lack courage abandon their children. ⁴ The time has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon any Philistine who might have escaped to get help. Jehovah will destroy the Philistines and anyone who is left from the island of Crete.

³ »Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: ‘I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. ⁴ »‘They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her debris from her and make her a bare rock. ⁵ »‘She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea. I have spoken, declares the Lord Jehovah. She will become spoil for the nations.’ ⁶ »‘Her daughters on the mainland will be killed by the sword. They will know that I am Jehovah.’

¹¹ »As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird: No birth, no pregnancy and no conception! ¹² »Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them until no man is left. Yes, woe to them even when I depart from them! ¹³ »I have seen Ephraim planted in a pleasant meadow like Tyre. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.« ¹⁴ Give them, O Jehovah what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

²³ »There will no longer be the light of a candle in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you. Your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your spiritistic practice all nations were deceived.

¹⁴ »Nations learned of this and trembled. The Philistines shook with horror. ¹⁵ »The sheiks (chiefs) of Edom were dismayed. The leaders of Moab are griped with fear. The inhabitants of Canaan are filled with fear. ¹⁶ »Terror and dread fall upon them. By the greatness of your arm they are motionless as stone. Until your people pass over, O Jehovah, until the people pass over whom you have purchased.

⁹ She said to the men: »I know Jehovah has given you the land and the terror of you has fallen on us. All the inhabitants of the land are afraid of you. ¹⁰ »We heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red sea for you when you came out of Egypt. And what you did to the two kings of the Amorites that were on the other side of Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. ¹¹ »As soon as we heard these things we became discouraged. No man had courage because of you. Jehovah your God is God in heaven above and on earth below.

¹⁶ A time is coming when the people of Egypt will be as timid as women. They will tremble in terror when they see that Jehovah of Hosts has stretched out his hand (extended His power) to punish them.

¹⁵ »The Lord Jehovah says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst? ¹⁶ ‘»Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you. ¹⁷ ‘»They will take up a lamentation over you and say to you: »‘»How you have perished, O inhabited one, from the seas, O renowned city. You were mighty on the sea. She and her inhabitants imposed her terror on all her inhabitants! ¹⁸ »‘»Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall. Yes, the coastlands by the sea will be terrified at your passing.«’ ¹⁹ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, ²⁰ then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit (grave), to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth. It will be like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit (grave), so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living. ²¹ »I will bring terrors on you and you will be no more. Though you will be sought, you will never be found again,’ declares the Lord Jehovah.«

¹⁹ »‘»All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you. You have become terrified. You will cease to be forever.«’«

⁷ The Moabites cry, they cry out together for Moab. Lament and grieve for the men and the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.

¹⁵ They flee from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and from the heat of battle.

¹ Wail, O ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus (Kittim) word has come to them. ² Be silent, you people of the island and you merchants of Sidon, whom the seafarers have enriched.

¹⁰ Travel through your country like the Nile, people of Tarshish. You no longer have a harbor.

⁷ I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.

² You are a town full of commotion, a city of tumult and revelry. The sword did not kill your slain, nor did they die in battle.

¹³ For the land of my people where thorns and briars will grow for they are on the delightful houses and the exultant city.

¹ »Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender and delicate. ² »Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your veil, strip off the skirt; uncover the leg and cross the rivers.

²⁴ »All the nations will say: Why has Jehovah done thus to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?' ²⁵ »Then men will say: ‘Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. ²⁶ »‘They served other gods and worshiped them. These are gods whom they have not known and whom he had not allotted to them. ²⁷ »‘Jehovah became angry against this land and brought on it all the curses described in this book. ²⁸ »‘His fierce anger and fury caused Jehovah to uproot these people from their land and deported them to another country. This is where they still are today.’

⁸ »He boasts: ‘Every one of my commanders is a king!

⁹ »How can you defeat my master's lowest-ranking officers when you trust Egypt for chariots and horses?

⁴⁴ »I will suddenly chase them from their places like a lion coming out of the jungle along the Jordan River into pastureland. I will appoint over Babylon whomever I choose. Who is like me? Who can challenge me? Is there any leader who can stand up to me?« ⁴⁵ Listen to what Jehovah is going to do against Babylon and the things he intends to do to the land of the Babylonians. He will surely drag away the little ones of the flock. He will surely destroy the pasture because of the Babylonians.

² »Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »‘»In your arrogance you say, ‘I am a god (strong deity). I sit on God's throne in the sea.’ But you are only human and not a god, although you think you are a god. (2 Thes 2:4) ³ ‘»You think that you are wiser than Daniel and that no secret can be hidden from you. ⁴ ‘»Because you are wise and understanding, you have made yourself rich. You saved gold and silver in your treasuries. ⁵ ‘»Because of your great skill in trading, you have made yourself very wealthy. You have become arrogant because of your wealth.’« ⁶ ‘»Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: Because you have made your heart like (consider yourself to be like) the heart of God,

¹² »Son of man, sing a funeral song for the ruler of Tyre. Tell him: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »‘»You were the perfect example, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. ¹³ »‘»You were in Eden, God's garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, jade, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created. ¹⁴ »‘»I appointed an angel to guard you. You were on God's holy mountain. You walked among fiery stones. ¹⁵ »‘»Your behavior was perfect from the time you were created, until evil was found in you. ¹⁶ »‘»By the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. Therefore I have cast you as profane from the mountain of God. I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. ¹⁷ »‘»Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground. I put you before kings, that they may see you. ¹⁸ »‘»By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you. It has consumed you. I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the eyes of all who see you.

⁸ »Therefore her plagues (literal and figurative) will overtake her in one day, death and mourning and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire, for mighty is Jehovah God who judges her. (Jeremiah 50:34; 51:58)

²¹ »He pours out contempt upon nobles and disarms the mighty.

¹¹ »Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at every proud man and bring him low! ¹² »Look at every proud man and humble him, crush the wicked where they stand.

⁴⁰ He poured contempt on their influential people and made them stumble around in a pathless desert.

¹¹ The arrogant people will be humbled. High and mighty people will be brought down. On that day Jehovah alone will be exalted.

¹⁷ Then arrogant people will be brought down. High and mighty people will be humiliated. On that day Jehovah alone will be honored.

¹³ My people will go into exile because they do not understand what I am doing. Honored men will starve, and common people will be parched with thirst.

¹⁵ People will be brought down. Everyone will be humiliated and the eyes of arrogant people will be abased (humbled). ¹⁶ Jehovah of Hosts shows his greatness by doing what is right. He reveals his holiness by judging his people.

¹⁵ Elders and dignitaries are the head, and prophets who teach lies are the tail.

³³ Behold, the Sovereign Lord Jehovah of Hosts will lop off the boughs with great power. The lofty trees will be cut down! The tall ones will be brought low.

¹¹ »I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will also end the arrogance of the proud. I will demean (disgrace) the arrogance of tyranny.

²⁴ Jehovah of Hosts has sworn an oath: »What I have intended (devised) will happen. What I have determined to do will be done.

²⁷ Jehovah of Hosts is determined to do this. He has stretched out his arm to punish, and no one can stop him.

¹⁰ »I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’ ¹¹ I summon a bird of prey from the east. I summon a man to fulfill my purpose from a far off land. What I have said I will bring about. What I have determined (purposed) I will do.

⁶ »You cry out: Sword of Jehovah, how long will you keep on fighting? Go back into your sheath. Stay there and rest! ⁷ »How can the sword of Jehovah rest? Jehovah has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast. He has assigned it to be there.« (Ezekiel 21:3, 30) (Revelation 19:15, 16)

⁶² Then says: ‘Jehovah, you have threatened to destroy this place so that no person or animal will live here. It will become a permanent ruin.’

³⁷ »Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, extol and honor the King of heaven. All his works are truth, and his ways justice. He is able to abase (humble) (subdue) those who walk in pride.«

¹ Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: »The day is coming when all arrogant and evil people will burn like stubble. On that day they will burn up and there will be nothing left of them, either root or bough.

²⁸ »They were there to do the things your hand and council foreordained to occur.

²⁶ Consider your calling, brothers. Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. ²⁷ Instead God chose the foolish things of the world to confuse (shame) the wise. God chose the weak things of the world to confuse (shame) the things that are mighty. ²⁸ God also chose the base things of the world, and things which are despised, yes, and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are. ²⁹ No human being should boast before God.

¹¹ We were assigned as heirs predetermined according to his purpose. He works all things according to his direction and will.

¹¹ This is according to the eternal purpose (determination) (design) (arrangement) that He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁶ But he gives more grace. The scripture said, »God resists the proud, but gives grace (loving-kindness) to the humble.«

²⁰ At once Saul fell down and lay stretched out on the ground. He was terrified by what Samuel said. He was weak because he had not eaten anything all day and all night.

³² God arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.

¹⁴ Cry out O ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is destroyed.

⁶ Glory has gone from the daughter of Zion! Her rulers are like stags with no place to eat. They flee without strength from their attacker.

²² »I will overthrow kingdoms and end their power. I will overturn chariots and their drivers; the horses will die, and their riders will kill one another.«

⁶ While we were yet weak, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

²⁵ He (Noah) said: »Canaan is cursed! He will be a lowly slave to his brothers.«

¹⁵ Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, ¹⁶ Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, ¹⁷ Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁸ Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans scattered, ¹⁹ and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

²¹ Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. Jehovah swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land. The waters were divided.

⁸ »With a blast from your nostrils, the water piled up. The waves stood up like a dam. The deep water thickened in the middle of the sea. ⁹ »The enemy said: ‘I will pursue them! I will catch them! I will divide the loot! I will take all I want! I will use my sword! I will take all they have!’« ¹⁰ »Your breath blew the sea over them. They sank like lead in the raging water.

⁶ The nations made uproar and the kingdoms tumbled. He raised his voice and the earth dissolved.

³ You are my secure shelter and a strong fortress to protect me. You are my refuge and defense.

¹⁹ People will go into caves in the rocks and into holes in the ground because of Jehovah’s terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to shake the earth.

⁶ »I send him against a godless nation. I commission him against the people of my fury to capture booty and to seize plunder, and to trample them down like mud (clay) in the streets.

¹⁶ »‘Those who see you stare at you. They look at you closely and say: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook the kingdoms, ¹⁷ who made the world like a desert and tore down its cities and did not let his prisoners go home?’

³ On the great waters came the grain of the Shihor. The harvest of the Nile River was the revenue of Tyre, and she became the marketplace of the nations.

² You have made the city a heap, the mighty city a ruin. The palace of aliens is a city no more. It will never be rebuilt.

⁷ »How can the sword of Jehovah rest? Jehovah has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast. He has assigned it to be there.« (Ezekiel 21:3, 30) (Revelation 19:15, 16)

¹⁰ »‘Dust raised by the vast number of his horses will cover you. The noise of cavalry, wagons and chariots will shake your walls. He will enter your gates as men enter a city that is breached.

¹⁵ »The Lord Jehovah says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst? ¹⁶ ‘»Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you. ¹⁷ ‘»They will take up a lamentation over you and say to you: »‘»How you have perished, O inhabited one, from the seas, O renowned city. You were mighty on the sea. She and her inhabitants imposed her terror on all her inhabitants! ¹⁸ »‘»Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall. Yes, the coastlands by the sea will be terrified at your passing.«’ ¹⁹ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you,

³⁴ »‘»In the very depths of the waters, you are broken by the sea. Your merchandise and all your company have fallen in the midst of you. ³⁵ »‘»All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you. Their kings are horribly afraid. They are troubled in countenance.

¹⁶ »‘I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall when I made it go down to the grave with those who go down to the pit. All the well-watered trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, were comforted in the earth beneath.

⁷ Jehovah says: »The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people. ⁸ »The people of Ephraim say: We are rich. We have made a fortune. With all this wealth, no one will find us guilty of any sin.

¹⁴ »Jehovah has given command concerning you [Nineveh]. Your name will no longer be perpetuated. I will throw your gods, graven and molten images out of your house. I despise you! You are contemptible! I will prepare your grave.

⁷ »I will shake all the nations and make them afraid. The treasures of all the nations will be brought here. I will fill this house with glory.

²¹ »Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Jehovah of Hosts! Every thing they sacrifice will be boiled in them. In that day there will be no more Canaanites in the House of Jehovah of Hosts.«

¹⁷ When he taught, he said: »Is it not written, my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But you have made it a den of robbers.«

¹⁶ He told those who sold doves: »Take these things away. Do not make my Father’s house a house of merchandise.«

¹³ »Zebulun will live by the coast. He will have ships by the coast. His border will go as far as Sidon.

⁶⁴ »Jehovah will scatter you among all the people of the world. He will scatter you from one end of the earth to the other. There you will serve gods made of wood and stone that neither you nor your ancestors ever knew. ⁶⁵ »You will find no peace among those nations. There will be no place to call your own. There Jehovah will give you an unsettled mind, failing eyesight, and despair. ⁶⁶ »Your life will always be in danger. Day and night you will be filled with terror. You will live in constant fear of death. ⁶⁷ »Your hearts will pound with fear at everything you see. Every morning you will wish for evening. Every evening you will wish for morning.

⁸ Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, who killed them. They chased them unto great Zidon, and to Misrephoth-maim, and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they killed them. They did not leave any survivor remain.

⁷ Is this your exultant city founded in antiquity? Is this the city that sent its people to settle in distant lands?

²² this is the word Jehovah spoke against him: »The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you. The Daughter of Jerusalem tosses her head as you flee.

¹ »Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.

¹⁷ »Say this to them: ‘My eyes flow with tears day and night without stopping because my dear people will suffer massive destruction. It will be a very serious blow.

¹¹ Go to Gilead, and get medicine, dear people of Egypt. You have used many medicines without results and cannot be cured.

³ Judah has been taken away as a prisoner because of trouble and hard work. She dwells among the nations. There is no rest for her. Her attackers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

¹⁵ »Jehovah makes fun of my men of war. He gathers men against me to send destruction on my young men. The virgin daughter of Judah has been crushed like grapes under the feet of Jehovah.

¹⁵ »Get away! Unclean!« They were cried out to them, »Away! Away! Let no one touch.« They went away in flight and wandering, men said among the nations, »There is no further resting-place for them.«

¹³ »‘So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will be heard no more. ¹⁴ »‘I will make you a bare rock. You will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more, for I Jehovah have spoken,’ declares the Lord Jehovah.

⁶ »Of oaks from Bashan they have made your oars. With ivory they have inlaid your deck with cypress wood from the coastlands of Cyprus.

²² »The sound of harp players, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, will not be heard anymore in you. No craftsman will be found in you. The sound of a millstone will not be heard in you anymore.

¹⁴ The name of the third river is the Tigris. It runs along the east side of Asshur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

¹⁰ The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in Shinar. ¹¹ From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

⁹ That is why it was called Babel (confusion) because Jehovah confused the language of the whole world. Jehovah scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth.

²⁸ While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth.

³¹ Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot, son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.

²⁴ Then the king of Assyria took men from Babylon and from Cuthah and Avva and Hamath and Sepharvaim, and put them in the towns of Samaria in place of the children of Israel. They acquired Samaria for their heritage, living in its towns.

¹² The king of Babylonia, Merodach Baladan son of Baladan heard that King Hezekiah was sick. So he sent him a letter and a present.

¹¹ So Jehovah made the army commanders of the king of Assyria invade Judah. They took Manasseh captive, put a hook in his nose, put him in bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon.

⁹ The letter was sent by Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe and their friends; the Dinaites and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites (people of Susa), the Dehaites, the Elamites, ¹⁰ The rest of the nations the great and noble Osnappar took over and put in Samaria and the rest of the country over the river:

¹⁷ Before he finished speaking, another servant came and said: »Three bands of Chaldean raiders attacked us. They took away the camels and killed all your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.«

⁹ Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.

⁵ »How horrible it will be for Assyria! It is the rod of my anger. My fury is in the staff of the Assyrians' hands.

⁷ »But the Assyrian emperor has his own violent plans in mind. He is determined to destroy many nations.

¹⁹ Babylon, the beauty (honor) (glory) of kingdoms, the majesty of Chaldean pride, will be overthrew by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

⁷ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He is king of kings. He has many horses, chariots, cavalry and a great army. ⁸ ‘»He will slay your daughters on the mainland with the sword. He will make siege walls against you, cast up a ramp against you and raise up a large shield against you. ⁹ »‘He will direct the blow of his battering rams against your walls. He will break down your towers with his axes. ¹⁰ »‘Dust raised by the vast number of his horses will cover you. The noise of cavalry, wagons and chariots will shake your walls. He will enter your gates as men enter a city that is breached. ¹¹ »‘The hoofs of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword and your strong pillars will come down to the ground. ¹² »‘They will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. They will throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water.’ ¹³ »‘So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will be heard no more. ¹⁴ »‘I will make you a bare rock. You will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more, for I Jehovah have spoken,’ declares the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁸ »Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had performed against it.

³⁰ The king spoke: »Is this not great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?«

⁶ »Behold, I bring the Chaldeans to power, that bitter and impetuous nation. They march through the expanse of the earth to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.

⁴ »He went out of the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. After his father died, God moved him to this land, where you now dwell.

¹ Wail, O ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus (Kittim) word has come to them.

⁶ Crossover to Tarshish and cry you people of the island.

²⁵ »‘»The ships of Tarshish were the carriers for your merchandise. And you were filled and were very glorious in the heart of the seas. ²⁶ »‘»Your rowers have brought you into great waters. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas. ²⁷ »‘»Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise, your sailors and your pilots, your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise and all your men of war who are in you, with all your company that is in your midst, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your overthrow. ²⁸ »‘»The pasturelands will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots. ²⁹ »‘»All who handle the oars, the sailors and all the pilots of the sea will come down from their ships. They will stand on the land, ³⁰ »‘»And they will make their voice heard over you and will cry bitterly. They will cast dust on their heads and wallow in ashes.

¹¹ »The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her. For no man buys their merchandise any more. ¹² »The merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones, and of pearls, fine linen, purple and silk, scarlet, and everything in scented wood, all manner of ivory and all manner of most precious wood, of brass and iron and marble, ¹³ »cinnamon, odors and ointments, frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour, wheat, beasts, and sheep and horses, chariots and slaves and humans ¹⁴ »The fruits that you desired have departed from you. All things that were dainty and wonderful have departed from you. You will find them no more at all. ¹⁵ »The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, will stand far off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing. ¹⁶ »They will say: 'Woe, woe to the great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

⁹ so I am going to send for all the families from the north. I will also send for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,« says Jehovah. »I will bring the families from the north to attack this land, its people, and all these surrounding nations. I am going to destroy them and turn them into something terrible, something ridiculed, and something permanently ruined.

³ »Then send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon, with messengers who have come to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem. ⁴ »Give them an order for their masters: This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Say this to your masters, ⁵ »I used my great strength and my powerful arm to make the earth along with the people and the animals on it. I give it to anyone I please. ⁶ »Now I have handed all these countries over to my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made wild animals serve him. ⁷ »All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until Babylon is defeated. Then many nations and great kings will make him their slave.

¹⁰ »This is what Jehovah says: ‘When Babylon's seventy years are over I will come to you. I will keep my promise to you and bring you back to this place.

²⁵ »‘»The ships of Tarshish were the carriers for your merchandise. And you were filled and were very glorious in the heart of the seas.

¹¹ »A man's foot will not pass through it, and the foot of a beast will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.

¹⁴ »He was given legal power and a kingdom. Out of his glory all the peoples, nations, and languages will serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away. His kingdom will not be destroyed. (Revelation 11:15) (Daniel 2:44) (Psalm 45:6)

²¹ »And the rough he-goat is the king of GREECE. The great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

¹⁵ »I will give her vineyards from there and the valley of Achor for a door of hope. She will sing there as in the days of her youth and in the day when she came up out of Egypt.

¹⁰ »There are seven kings: five have fallen, and one is, and the other has not yet come. When he comes he must remain a short while.

¹⁰ He met an evil hearted woman dressed seductively like an immoral woman. ¹¹ She is loud and rebellious and never stays at home. ¹² Now in the streets and squares, she waits at every corner.

¹⁴ »All your lovers have forgotten you, and they do not want you anymore. I have punished you as an enemy would. I have corrected you as a cruel person would. You are very wicked, and you have many sins.

¹⁸ »Do not bring the hire (fee) of a harlot or the wages of a dog into the house of Jehovah your God for any vow offering. Both of these are an abomination to Jehovah your God.

²⁶ »You let your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, go to bed with you, and you used your prostitution to make me angry.

³¹ »You had sex on every street corner, and when you finished, you refused to accept money. That is worse than being a prostitute!

¹³ ‘»I strike my fist at your dishonest gain and your acts of bloodshed.

⁶ »Of oaks from Bashan they have made your oars. With ivory they have inlaid your deck with cypress wood from the coastlands of Cyprus. ⁷ »Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt. It became your distinguishing mark. Your awning was blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah.

⁷ »All her images will be broken to pieces! All that she has earned will be burned with fire. I will destroy all her idols. She gathered them for the price of a prostitute and for the price of a prostitute they will return.«

¹¹ The leaders judge for a bribe, and the priests teach for wages! The prophets predict for money yet they rely on Jehovah when they say: »Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? No evil will come upon us.«

⁴ This is because of Nineveh's constant prostitution, this very charming mistress of evil magic. She used to sell nations by her prostitution and people by her evil magic.

⁷ »The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah. They will feed their flocks there. They will rest at night in the houses of Ashkelon. Jehovah their God will visit them and gather back the captive ones.«

¹⁴ »Simeon declared how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.

³ not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

⁸ Ministerial servants should likewise be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain.

² Shepherd the flock of God in your care. Exercise the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God. Do not do it for dishonest gain, but eagerly.

¹ One of the seven angels who had one of the seven bowls spoke to me. He said: »Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, ² »with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.« ³ So he carried me away in spirit to the wilderness. I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast. The beast was full of names of blasphemy. It had seven heads and ten horns. ⁴ The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet. She was adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She had a golden cup in her hand. It was full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. ⁵ A name was written on her forehead, a mystery, »Babylon the Great, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth.«

⁹ »The kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her, when they see the smoke of her burning. ¹⁰ »They will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, and say: 'Woe, woe to the great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.' ¹¹ »The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her. For no man buys their merchandise any more. ¹² »The merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones, and of pearls, fine linen, purple and silk, scarlet, and everything in scented wood, all manner of ivory and all manner of most precious wood, of brass and iron and marble, ¹³ »cinnamon, odors and ointments, frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour, wheat, beasts, and sheep and horses, chariots and slaves and humans ¹⁴ »The fruits that you desired have departed from you. All things that were dainty and wonderful have departed from you. You will find them no more at all.

² »True and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great harlot, who corrupted the earth with her fornication. And has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.«

³⁶ »Also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engravings of a seal: Holy to Jehovah.

¹⁸ »You and your sons and daughters, male and female slaves, and the Levites who live in your cities must eat these in the presence of Jehovah your God at the place he will choose. There in the presence of Jehovah your God enjoy everything for which you have worked. ¹⁹ »Remember to take care of the Levites as long as you live in your land.

¹² ‘Finish paying all the tithe of your increase in the third year, the year of tithing. Then you shall give it to the Levite, the stranger, and the orphan and to the widow, that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied. ¹³ »Say before Jehovah your God: ‘I have removed the sacred portion from my house. I also have given it to the Levite and the alien, the orphan and the widow, according to all your commandments that you have commanded me. I have not transgressed or forgotten any of your commandments. ¹⁴ »‘I have not eaten of it while mourning. I have not removed any of it while I was unclean, nor offered any of it to the dead. I have listened to the voice of Jehovah my God. I have done according to all that you have commanded me.

⁷ »Send me a man with skill in engraving, in working gold, silver, copper, and iron, and in making blue, purple, and red cloth. He will work with the craftsmen of Judah and Jerusalem whom my father David selected. ⁸ »I know how skillful your lumbermen are, so send me cedar, cypress, and juniper logs from Lebanon. I am ready to send my men to assist yours. ⁹ »Prepare large quantities of timber, because this Temple I intend to build will be large and magnificent.

¹¹ King Hiram sent Solomon a letter in reply. He wrote: »Jehovah made you their king because he loves his people.« ¹² »Praise Jehovah the God of Israel, Creator of heaven and earth! He has given King David a wise son, full of understanding and skill. He now plans to build a Temple for Jehovah and a palace for himself. ¹³ »I am sending you a wise and skillful master metalworker named Huram (Hiram-abi). ¹⁴ »He was the son of a woman from the tribe of Dan. His father is a native of Tyre. Huram knows how to work with gold, silver, copper, iron, stone, wood, purple, violet, and dark red cloth, and linen. He also knows how to make all kinds of engravings and follow any set of plans that will be given to him. He can work with your skilled workmen and the skilled workmen of His Majesty David, your father. ¹⁵ »Your Majesty may now send the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he promised the workers. ¹⁶ »We will cut all the trees for lumber you need in Lebanon. Then we will make rafts out of it and send them to you in Joppa by sea. You can take it from there to Jerusalem.«

¹² The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift. The rich among the people will seek your favor.

¹⁰ The kings of Tarshish and of the isles will bring tribute (presents). The kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts.

⁹ Honor Jehovah with your wealth and give him the best of all you have. ¹⁰ Your barns will be filled with plenty. Your vats will overflow with new wine.

²² A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children. The wealth of the sinner is preserved for the righteous.

⁸ He who becomes wealthy through unfair loans and interest collects them for the one who pitys the poor.

²⁶ To the man who is good, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy. But to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

⁵ »Then you will see this and rejoice. Your heart will shake with joy. The riches of the sea will be brought to you. The wealth of the nations will come to you. ⁶ »Many camels will cover your land, young camels from Midian and Ephah. Everyone from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and incense. They will sing the praises of Jehovah. ⁷ »All of the flocks from Kedar will gather and come to you. The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. They will be sacrificed as acceptable offerings on my altar. So I will honor my beautiful Temple. ⁸ »Who are these people that fly by like clouds and like doves to their nests? ⁹ »Surely the coastlands wait with hope for me. The ships from Tarshish are the first to bring your children from far away. They bring their silver and their gold with them to honor the name of Jehovah your God, the Holy One of Israel, because he has honored you.

¹³ »Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion! I will make your horn like iron and I will make your hoofs like brass. You will pulverize many nations into pieces. I will devote their profit and wealth to Jehovah the Lord of the whole earth.«

²⁰ »In that day it will be on the bells of the horses, HOLY UNTO JEHOVAH. And the pots in Jehovah's house will be like the bowls before the altar. ²¹ »Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Jehovah of Hosts! Every thing they sacrifice will be boiled in them. In that day there will be no more Canaanites in the House of Jehovah of Hosts.«

¹⁰ »Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse. Test me, said Jehovah of Hosts, and see if I will open the windows of heaven and pour out showers of blessing upon you until there is no more want.

¹⁹ »Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰ »Accumulate wealth in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹ Your heart will be where you keep your wealth.

³⁵ »‘I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger and you took me in. ³⁶ »‘I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.’ ³⁷ »The righteous will answer him: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸ »‘When did we see you as a stranger and take you in, or naked and dress you? ³⁹ »‘When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’ ⁴⁰ »The King will answer: ‘To the extent that you did it to one of the least of my brothers, you did it to me.’

⁸ Jerusalem, Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and from Tyre and Sidon. These people heard the great things he did and came to him.

³ Also healed was Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna. There were many others, who supported them out of their private substance.

¹⁸ »He said: »I would pull down my barns and build larger barns. I will store all my grain and goods there. ¹⁹ »I will say to my self: ‘You have many possessions saved for many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.’ ²⁰ »But God said to him: ‘You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?’

³³ »Sell your possessions and give to charity. Make yourselves purses that do not get old, a treasure in heaven where moth and rest cannot corrupt and thieves cannot steal.

⁹ Jesus continued: »I tell you, make friends for yourselves with worldly wealth. That way when it gives out, you will be welcomed in the eternal home. ¹⁰ »Whoever is faithful in little things will be faithful in large ones. Whoever is unrighteous in small things will be unrighteous in large ones. ¹¹ »If you have not been faithful in handling worldly wealth, how can you be trusted with true wealth? ¹² »If you have not been faithful with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what belongs to you? ¹³ »No one can serve two masters. He will hate one and love the other. He will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.«

³⁹ Peter went to them right a way. When he arrived they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping and showing the coats and garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.

³ We passed to the south of Cyprus and sailed to Syria. We landed at Tyre where the ship unloaded it’s cargo. ⁴ Having found the disciples, we stayed there seven days. Guided by the Spirit the disciples urged Paul not to go to Jerusalem. ⁵ When the time came we left there and went on our journey. All the disciples, their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city. We knelt down on the beach and prayed, and said goodbye.

²⁵ Now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the holy ones. ²⁶ It pleased those of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor holy ones in Jerusalem. ²⁷ It pleased them to do so and they are debtors for this. If the nations have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in physical things.

⁶ But let him that is orally taught in the word share all good things.

¹⁷ Not that I seek the gift but I seek the fruit that adds to your account. ¹⁸ I have all things, and prosper: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you. It is an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.