This is what the Lord says:“ The people of Tyre have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They broke their treaty of brotherhood with Israel, selling whole villages as slaves to Edom.

耶和华如此说：“推罗三番四次地犯罪，我必不免去她的刑罚；因为她将众民交给以东，并不记念弟兄的盟约。

耶和华如此说：“推罗三番四次犯罪，将全体百姓交给以东，不顾念弟兄的盟约，我必不撤销对它的惩罚，

耶和华如此说：“推罗三番四次犯罪，将全体百姓交给以东，不顾念弟兄的盟约，我必不撤销对它的惩罚，

耶和华说：“泰尔人三番四次地犯罪，我必不收回对他们的惩罚，因为他们背弃弟兄之盟，把被掳之人都卖到以东。

“耶和华这样说：‘推罗三番四次犯罪，我必不收回惩罚他的命令；因为他把全部的俘虏交给以东，并不记念与兄弟所立的盟约。

耶和華如此說：泰爾三番四次地犯罪，我必不免去她的刑罰；因為她將眾民交給以東，並不記念弟兄的盟約。

耶和華如此說：「推羅三番四次犯罪，將全體百姓交給以東，不顧念弟兄的盟約，我必不撤銷對它的懲罰，

耶和華如此說：「推羅三番四次犯罪，將全體百姓交給以東，不顧念弟兄的盟約，我必不撤銷對它的懲罰，

耶和華說：「泰爾人三番四次地犯罪，我必不收回對他們的懲罰，因為他們背棄弟兄之盟，把被擄之人都賣到以東。

“耶和華這樣說：‘推羅三番四次犯罪，我必不收回懲罰他的命令；因為他把全部的俘虜交給以東，並不記念與兄弟所立的盟約。

永恆主這麼說：『推羅三番四次地悖逆，我必不收回成命，因為他們使全體人民都流亡、去送交以東，並不懷念弟兄情之盟約。

耶和華曰、推羅干罪、至三至四、我不挽回厥罰、以其付眾民於以東、不念昆弟之約也、

耶和華又曰、推羅犯罪、至三至四、更以俘囚、鬻於以東、不念舊約、以修和好、故我必罰其罪、

主如是云、推羅人犯罪、至三至四、更擄民眾多、付於以東、不念兄弟舊約、故我降罰以報之、必不挽回、

This is what the Lord says:“ For three sins of Tyre, even for four, I will not relent. Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom, disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,

The Lord says,“ The people of Tyre have sinned again and again. So I will judge them. They captured whole communities. They sold them to Edom. They did not honor the treaty of friendship they had made.

Thus says the Lord:“ For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they delivered up a whole people to Edom, and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Tyre for three crimes, even four, because they handed over a whole community of exiles to Edom and broke a treaty of brotherhood.

This is what the Lord says:“ For three offenses of Tyre, and for four, I will not revoke its punishment, Because they turned an entire population over to Edom And did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

Thus says the Lord:“ For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, And did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Tyre, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole people to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant.

The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Tyre for three crimes, even four, because they handed over a whole community of exiles to Edom and broke a treaty of brotherhood.

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away[ the punishment] thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:

This is what the LORD says:“ Because Tyre has committed three crimes– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold a whole community to Edom; they failed to observe a treaty of brotherhood.

Yahweh says:“ For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;

This message came to me concerning Tyre: Wail, you trading ships of Tarshish, for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone! The rumors you heard in Cyprus are all true.Mourn in silence, you people of the coast and you merchants of Sidon. Your traders crossed the sea,sailing over deep waters. They brought you grain from Egypt and harvests from along the Nile. You were the marketplace of the world.But now you are put to shame, city of Sidon, for Tyre, the fortress of the sea, says,“ Now I am childless; I have no sons or daughters.”When Egypt hears the news about Tyre, there will be great sorrow.Send word now to Tarshish! Wail, you people who live in distant lands!Is this silent ruin all that is left of your once joyous city? What a long history was yours! Think of all the colonists you sent to distant places.Who has brought this disaster on Tyre, that great creator of kingdoms? Her traders were all princes, her merchants were nobles.The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has done it to destroy your pride and bring low all earth’s nobility.Come, people of Tarshish, sweep over the land like the flooding Nile, for Tyre is defenseless.The Lord held out his hand over the sea and shook the kingdoms of the earth. He has spoken out against Phoenicia, ordering that her fortresses be destroyed.He says,“ Never again will you rejoice, O daughter of Sidon, for you have been crushed. Even if you flee to Cyprus, you will find no rest.”Look at the land of Babylonia— the people of that land are gone! The Assyrians have handed Babylon over to the wild animals of the desert. They have built siege ramps against its walls, torn down its palaces, and turned it to a heap of rubble.Wail, you ships of Tarshish, for your harbor is destroyed!For seventy years, the length of a king’s life, Tyre will be forgotten. But then the city will come back to life as in the song about the prostitute:Take a harp and walk the streets, you forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody and sing your songs so you will be remembered again.Yes, after seventy years the Lord will revive Tyre. But she will be no different than she was before. She will again be a prostitute to all kingdoms around the world.But in the end her profits will be given to the Lord. Her wealth will not be hoarded but will provide good food and fine clothing for the Lord’s priests.

he gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to King Hiram of Tyre.( Hiram had previously provided all the cedar and cypress timber and gold that Solomon had requested.)But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the towns Solomon had given him, he was not at all pleased with them.“ What kind of towns are these, my brother?” he asked. So Hiram called that area Cabul( which means“ worthless”), as it is still known today.Nevertheless, Hiram paid Solomon 9,000 pounds of gold.

“ What do you have against me, Tyre and Sidon and you cities of Philistia? Are you trying to take revenge on me? If you are, then watch out! I will strike swiftly and pay you back for everything you have done.You have taken my silver and gold and all my precious treasures, and have carried them off to your pagan temples.You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, so they could take them far from their homeland.“ But I will bring them back from all the places to which you sold them, and I will pay you back for everything you have done.I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the people of Arabia, a nation far away. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Doom is certain for Hamath, near Damascus, and for the cities of Tyre and Sidon, though they are so clever.Tyre has built a strong fortress and has made silver and gold as plentiful as dust in the streets!But now the Lord will strip away Tyre’s possessions and hurl its fortifications into the sea, and it will be burned to the ground.

“ Also send me cedar, cypress, and red sandalwood logs from Lebanon, for I know that your men are without equal at cutting timber in Lebanon. I will send my men to help them.An immense amount of timber will be needed, for the Temple I am going to build will be very large and magnificent.In payment for your woodcutters, I will send 100,000 bushels of crushed wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil.”King Hiram sent this letter of reply to Solomon:“ It is because the Lord loves his people that he has made you their king!Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, gifted with skill and understanding, who will build a Temple for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.“ I am sending you a master craftsman named Huram abi, who is extremely talented.His mother is from the tribe of Dan in Israel, and his father is from Tyre. He is skillful at making things from gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and he also works with stone and wood. He can work with purple, blue, and scarlet cloth and fine linen. He is also an engraver and can follow any design given to him. He will work with your craftsmen and those appointed by my lord David, your father.“ Send along the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine that my lord has mentioned.We will cut whatever timber you need from the Lebanon mountains and will float the logs in rafts down the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to Joppa. From there you can transport the logs up to Jerusalem.”

On February 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:“ Son of man, Tyre has rejoiced over the fall of Jerusalem, saying,‘ Ha! She who was the gateway to the rich trade routes to the east has been broken, and I am the heir! Because she has been made desolate, I will become wealthy!’“ Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am your enemy, O Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the waves of the sea crashing against your shoreline.They will destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down its towers. I will scrape away its soil and make it a bare rock!It will be just a rock in the sea, a place for fishermen to spread their nets, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign Lord. Tyre will become the prey of many nations,and its mainland villages will be destroyed by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.“ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: From the north I will bring King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon against Tyre. He is king of kings and brings his horses, chariots, charioteers, and great army.First he will destroy your mainland villages. Then he will attack you by building a siege wall, constructing a ramp, and raising a roof of shields against you.He will pound your walls with battering rams and demolish your towers with sledgehammers.The hooves of his horses will choke the city with dust, and the noise of the charioteers and chariot wheels will shake your walls as they storm through your broken gates.His horsemen will trample through every street in the city. They will butcher your people, and your strong pillars will topple.“ They will plunder all your riches and merchandise and break down your walls. They will destroy your lovely homes and dump your stones and timbers and even your dust into the sea.I will stop the music of your songs. No more will the sound of harps be heard among your people.I will make your island a bare rock, a place for fishermen to spread their nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the Lord, have spoken. Yes, the Sovereign Lord has spoken!“ This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Tyre: The whole coastline will tremble at the sound of your fall, as the screams of the wounded echo in the continuing slaughter.All the seaport rulers will step down from their thrones and take off their royal robes and beautiful clothing. They will sit on the ground trembling with horror at your destruction.Then they will wail for you, singing this funeral song:“ O famous island city, once ruler of the sea, how you have been destroyed! Your people, with their naval power, once spread fear around the world.Now the coastlands tremble at your fall. The islands are dismayed as you disappear.“ This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will make Tyre an uninhabited ruin, like many others. I will bury you beneath the terrible waves of enemy attack. Great seas will swallow you.I will send you to the pit to join those who descended there long ago. Your city will lie in ruins, buried beneath the earth, like those in the pit who have entered the world of the dead. You will have no place of respect here in the land of the living.I will bring you to a terrible end, and you will exist no more. You will be looked for, but you will never again be found. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”

Then King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar timber and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built David a palace.

King Hiram of Tyre had always been a loyal friend of David. When Hiram learned that David’s son Solomon was the new king of Israel, he sent ambassadors to congratulate him.Then Solomon sent this message back to Hiram:“ You know that my father, David, was not able to build a Temple to honor the name of the Lord his God because of the many wars waged against him by surrounding nations. He could not build until the Lord gave him victory over all his enemies.But now the Lord my God has given me peace on every side; I have no enemies, and all is well.So I am planning to build a Temple to honor the name of the Lord my God, just as he had instructed my father, David. For the Lord told him,‘ Your son, whom I will place on your throne, will build the Temple to honor my name.’“ Therefore, please command that cedars from Lebanon be cut for me. Let my men work alongside yours, and I will pay your men whatever wages you ask. As you know, there is no one among us who can cut timber like you Sidonians!”When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he was very pleased and said,“ Praise the Lord today for giving David a wise son to be king of the great nation of Israel.”Then he sent this reply to Solomon:“ I have received your message, and I will supply all the cedar and cypress timber you need.My servants will bring the logs from the Lebanon mountains to the Mediterranean Sea and make them into rafts and float them along the coast to whatever place you choose. Then we will break the rafts apart so you can carry the logs away. You can pay me by supplying me with food for my household.”So Hiram supplied as much cedar and cypress timber as Solomon desired.In return, Solomon sent him an annual payment of 100,000 bushels of wheat for his household and 110,000 gallons of pure olive oil.

and the kings of Tyre and Sidon, and the kings of the regions across the sea.

This is what the Lord says:“ The people of Gaza have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They sent whole villages into exile, selling them as slaves to Edom.

“ What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.

This is what the Lord says:“ The people of Edom have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They chased down their relatives, the Israelites, with swords, showing them no mercy. In their rage, they slashed them continually and were unrelenting in their anger.

“ The time has come for the Philistines to be destroyed, along with their allies from Tyre and Sidon. Yes, the Lord is destroying the remnant of the Philistines, those colonists from the island of Crete.