Parallel Verses
- New International Reader's Version - “How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible for you, Bethsaida! Suppose the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon. They would have turned away from their sins long ago. They would have put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. They would have sat down in ashes.
- 新标点和合本 - “哥拉汛哪，你有祸了！伯赛大啊，你有祸了！因为在你们中间所行的异能若行在推罗、西顿，他们早已披麻蒙灰，坐在地上悔改了。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “哥拉汛哪，你有祸了！伯赛大啊，你有祸了！因为在你们中间所行的异能，若行在推罗、西顿，他们早已披麻蒙灰，坐在地上悔改了。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - “哥拉汛哪，你有祸了！伯赛大啊，你有祸了！因为在你们中间所行的异能，若行在推罗、西顿，他们早已披麻蒙灰，坐在地上悔改了。
- 当代译本 - “哥拉汛啊，你有祸了！伯赛大啊，你有祸了！因为如果把在你们当中所行的神迹行在泰尔和西顿，那里的人早就身披着麻衣、头蒙着灰尘坐在地上悔改了。
- 圣经新译本 - “哥拉逊啊，你有祸了！伯赛大啊，你有祸了！因为在你们那里行过的神迹，如果行在推罗和西顿，他们早已披麻蒙灰，坐在地上悔改了。
- 中文标准译本 - “哥拉汛哪，你有祸了！伯赛达呀，你有祸了！因为在你们当中行过的神迹，如果行在提尔和西顿，那里的人早就会披麻蒙灰，坐在地上悔改了。
- 现代标点和合本 - 哥拉汛哪，你有祸了！伯赛大啊，你有祸了！因为在你们中间所行的异能，若行在推罗、西顿，他们早已披麻蒙灰、坐在地上悔改了。
- 和合本（拼音版） - “哥拉汛哪，你有祸了！伯赛大啊，你有祸了！因为在你们中间所行的异能，若行在推罗、西顿，他们早已披麻蒙灰坐在地上悔改了。
- New International Version - “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- English Standard Version - “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- New Living Translation - “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.
- The Message - “Doom, Chorazin! Doom, Bethsaida! If Tyre and Sidon had been given half the chances given you, they’d have been on their knees long ago, repenting and crying for mercy. Tyre and Sidon will have it easy on Judgment Day compared to you.
- Christian Standard Bible - “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- New American Standard Bible - “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that occurred in you had occurred in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- New King James Version - “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- Amplified Bible - “Woe (judgment is coming) to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented and changed their minds long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes [to show deep regret for sin].
- American Standard Version - Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- King James Version - Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- New English Translation - “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- World English Bible - “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- 新標點和合本 - 「哥拉汛哪，你有禍了！伯賽大啊，你有禍了！因為在你們中間所行的異能若行在泰爾、西頓，他們早已披麻蒙灰，坐在地上悔改了。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「哥拉汛哪，你有禍了！伯賽大啊，你有禍了！因為在你們中間所行的異能，若行在推羅、西頓，他們早已披麻蒙灰，坐在地上悔改了。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「哥拉汛哪，你有禍了！伯賽大啊，你有禍了！因為在你們中間所行的異能，若行在推羅、西頓，他們早已披麻蒙灰，坐在地上悔改了。
- 當代譯本 - 「哥拉汛啊，你有禍了！伯賽大啊，你有禍了！因為如果把在你們當中所行的神蹟行在泰爾和西頓，那裡的人早就身披著麻衣、頭蒙著灰塵坐在地上悔改了。
- 聖經新譯本 - “哥拉遜啊，你有禍了！伯賽大啊，你有禍了！因為在你們那裡行過的神蹟，如果行在推羅和西頓，他們早已披麻蒙灰，坐在地上悔改了。
- 呂振中譯本 - 『 哥拉汛 哪，你有禍啊！ 伯賽大 啊，你有禍啊！因為在你們中間所行過的異能，若行在 推羅 西頓 ，他們早就披麻撒灰、坐 在地上 悔改了。
- 中文標準譯本 - 「哥拉汛哪，你有禍了！伯賽達呀，你有禍了！因為在你們當中行過的神蹟，如果行在提爾和西頓，那裡的人早就會披麻蒙灰，坐在地上悔改了。
- 現代標點和合本 - 哥拉汛哪，你有禍了！伯賽大啊，你有禍了！因為在你們中間所行的異能，若行在推羅、西頓，他們早已披麻蒙灰、坐在地上悔改了。
- 文理和合譯本 - 禍哉、哥拉汛乎、禍哉、伯賽大乎、蓋在爾中所行之異能、若行於推羅 西頓、彼早衣麻坐灰、而改悔矣、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 哥拉汛其有禍乎、伯賽大其有禍乎、蓋在爾中所施異能、若施於推羅 西頓、則早衣麻蒙灰、坐而悔改矣、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 禍哉爾 哥拉汛 乎、禍哉爾 伯賽大 乎、蓋在爾中所施之異能、若施於 推羅 西頓 、彼早衣麻蒙灰、坐地而悔改矣、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 哀哉 哥絡潯 ！哀哉 珀璾達 ！假令爾中所顯靈異、顯於 諦羅 西同 、則早已披麻坐灰、幡然悔悟矣。
- Nueva Versión Internacional - »¡Ay de ti, Corazín! ¡Ay de ti, Betsaida! Si se hubieran hecho en Tiro y en Sidón los milagros que se hicieron en medio de ustedes, ya hace tiempo que se habrían arrepentido con grandes lamentos.
- 현대인의 성경 - “고라신아, 벳새다야, 너희에게 불행이 닥칠 것이다. 너희에게 행한 기적들을 두로와 시돈에서 행했더라면 그들은 벌써 굵은 삼베 옷을 입고 재를 뒤집어쓰고 앉아 회개했을 것이다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Горе тебе, Хоразин! Горе тебе, Вифсаида! Ведь если бы в Тире и Сидоне были совершены те же чудеса, что в вас, то они бы давно раскаялись, одевшись в рубище и сидя в пепле.
- Восточный перевод - – Горе тебе, Хоразин! Горе тебе, Вифсаида! Ведь если бы в Тире и Сидоне были совершены те же чудеса, что в вас, то они бы давно раскаялись, одевшись в рубище и сидя в пепле.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Горе тебе, Хоразин! Горе тебе, Вифсаида! Ведь если бы в Тире и Сидоне были совершены те же чудеса, что в вас, то они бы давно раскаялись, одевшись в рубище и сидя в пепле.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Горе тебе, Хоразин! Горе тебе, Вифсаида! Ведь если бы в Тире и Сидоне были совершены те же чудеса, что в вас, то они бы давно раскаялись, одевшись в рубище и сидя в пепле.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Malheur à toi, Chorazin ! Malheur à toi, Bethsaïda ! car si les miracles qui se sont produits au milieu de vous avaient eu lieu à Tyr et à Sidon , il y a longtemps que leurs habitants auraient changé et l’auraient manifesté en revêtant des habits de toile de sac et en se couvrant de cendre .
- リビングバイブル - ああコラジンよ。ああベツサイダの町よ。どんな恐ろしいことが待ち受けていることか。わたしがあなたがたにしたような奇跡を、ツロとシドン（悪行のため、神に滅ぼされた町）でしていたら、そこの人々はとうの昔に荒布をまとい、頭に灰をかぶって嘆き悲しみ、罪を悔い改めたことでしょう。
- Nestle Aland 28 - Οὐαί σοι, Χοραζίν, οὐαί σοι, Βηθσαϊδά· ὅτι εἰ ἐν Τύρῳ καὶ Σιδῶνι ἐγενήθησαν αἱ δυνάμεις αἱ γενόμεναι ἐν ὑμῖν, πάλαι ἂν ἐν σάκκῳ καὶ σποδῷ καθήμενοι μετενόησαν.
- unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οὐαί σοι, Χοραζείν! οὐαί σοι, Βηθσαϊδά! ὅτι εἰ ἐν Τύρῳ καὶ Σιδῶνι ἐγενήθησαν αἱ δυνάμεις, αἱ γενόμεναι ἐν ὑμῖν, πάλαι ἂν ἐν σάκκῳ καὶ σποδῷ καθήμενοι μετενόησαν.
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Ai de você, Corazim! Ai de você, Betsaida! Porque se os milagres que foram realizados entre vocês o fossem em Tiro e Sidom, há muito tempo elas teriam se arrependido, vestindo roupas de saco e cobrindo-se de cinzas.
- Hoffnung für alle - Weh dir, Chorazin! Weh dir, Betsaida! Wenn die Wunder, die ich bei euch getan habe, in den nichtjüdischen Städten Tyrus oder Sidon geschehen wären, dann hätten ihre Einwohner längst Trauerkleider angezogen, sich Asche auf den Kopf gestreut und wären zu Gott umgekehrt.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Khốn cho thành Cô-ra-xin, khốn cho thành Bết-sai-đa! Vì nếu các phép lạ Ta làm nơi đây được thực hiện tại thành Ty-rơ và Si-đôn, dân hai thành ấy hẳn đã mặc áo gai, rải tro lên đầu tỏ lòng ăn năn từ lâu rồi!
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “วิบัติแก่เจ้า เมืองโคราซิน! วิบัติแก่เจ้า เมืองเบธไซดา! เพราะหากการอัศจรรย์ที่ทำในเมืองของเจ้าได้ทำในเมืองไทระและเมืองไซดอน พวกเขาคงนุ่งห่มผ้ากระสอบนั่งจมกองขี้เถ้าและกลับใจใหม่นานแล้ว
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - วิบัติจงเกิดแก่เจ้า เมืองโคราซิน วิบัติจงเกิดแก่เจ้า เมืองเบธไซดา หากสิ่งอัศจรรย์ทั้งหลายที่ได้เกิดขึ้นต่อหน้าเจ้า มาปรากฏในเมืองไทระและไซดอน พวกเขาจะต้องกลับใจไปนานแล้ว ทั้งนุ่งห่มด้วยผ้ากระสอบ และนั่งปาขี้เถ้าใส่หัวตัวเอง
Cross Reference
- Revelation 11:3 - I will appoint my two witnesses. And they will prophesy for 1,260 days. They will be dressed in the rough clothes people wear when they’re sad.”
- Daniel 9:3 - So I prayed to the Lord God. I begged him. I made many appeals to him. I didn’t eat anything. I put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. And I sat down in ashes.
- Luke 9:10 - The disciples returned. They told Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him. They went off by themselves to a town called Bethsaida.
- Luke 9:11 - But the crowds learned about it and followed Jesus. He welcomed them and spoke to them about God’s kingdom. He also healed those who needed to be healed.
- Luke 9:12 - Late in the afternoon the 12 disciples came to him. They said, “Send the crowd away. They can go to the nearby villages and countryside. There they can find food and a place to stay. There is nothing here.”
- Luke 9:13 - Jesus replied, “You give them something to eat.” The disciples answered, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish. We would have to go and buy food for all this crowd.”
- Luke 9:14 - About 5,000 men were there. But Jesus said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about 50 each.”
- Luke 9:15 - The disciples did so, and everyone sat down.
- Luke 9:16 - Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish. He looked up to heaven and gave thanks. He broke them into pieces. Then he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.
- Luke 9:17 - All of them ate and were satisfied. The disciples picked up 12 baskets of leftover pieces.
- Matthew 11:20 - Jesus began to speak against the towns where he had done most of his miracles. The people there had not turned away from their sins. So he said,
- Matthew 11:21 - “How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible for you, Bethsaida! Suppose the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon. They would have turned away from their sins long ago. They would have put on clothes for mourning. They would have sat down in ashes.
- Matthew 11:22 - But I tell you this. On judgment day it will be easier for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
- Matthew 11:23 - And what about you, Capernaum? Will you be lifted to the heavens? No! You will go down to the place of the dead. Suppose the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom. It would still be here today.
- John 3:5 - Jesus answered, “What I’m about to tell you is true. No one can enter God’s kingdom unless they are born with water and the Holy Spirit.
- John 3:6 - People give birth to people. But the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
- Romans 9:29 - Earlier Isaiah had said, “The Lord who rules over all left us children and grandchildren. If he hadn’t, we would have become like Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah.” ( Isaiah 1:9 )
- Romans 9:30 - What should we say then? Gentiles did not look for a way to be right with God. But they found it by having faith.
- Romans 9:31 - The people of Israel tried to obey the law to make themselves right with God. But they didn’t reach their goal of being right with God.
- Romans 9:32 - Why not? Because they tried to do it without faith. They tried to be right with God by what they did. They tripped over the stone that causes people to trip and fall.
- Romans 9:33 - It is written, “Look! In Zion I am laying a stone that causes people to trip. It is a rock that makes them fall. The one who believes in him will never be put to shame.” ( Isaiah 8:14 ; 28:16 )
- Acts 28:25 - They didn’t agree with one another. They began to leave after Paul had made a final statement. He said, “The Holy Spirit was right when he spoke to your people long ago. Through Isaiah the prophet the Spirit said,
- Acts 28:26 - “ ‘Go to your people. Say to them, “You will hear but never understand. You will see but never know what you are seeing.”
- Acts 28:27 - These people’s hearts have become stubborn. They can barely hear with their ears. They have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes. They might hear with their ears. They might understand with their hearts. They might turn, and then I would heal them.’ ( Isaiah 6:9 , 10 )
- Acts 28:28 - “Here is what I want you to know. God has sent his salvation to the Gentiles. And they will listen!”
- 1 Timothy 4:2 - Teachings like those come from liars who pretend to be what they are not. Their sense of what is right and wrong has been destroyed. It’s as though it has been burned with a hot iron.
- Mark 8:22 - Jesus and his disciples came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to him. They begged Jesus to touch him.
- Mark 8:23 - He took the blind man by the hand. Then he led him outside the village. He spit on the man’s eyes and placed his hands on him. “Do you see anything?” Jesus asked.
- Mark 8:24 - The man looked up. He said, “I see people. They look like trees walking around.”
- Mark 8:25 - Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened so that he could see again. He saw everything clearly.
- Mark 8:26 - Jesus sent him home. He told him, “Don’t even go into the village.”
- Job 42:6 - So I hate myself. I’m really sorry for what I said about you. That’s why I’m sitting in dust and ashes.”
- Isaiah 61:3 - He wants me to help those in Zion who are filled with sorrow. I will put beautiful crowns on their heads in place of ashes. I will anoint them with olive oil to give them joy instead of sorrow. I will give them a spirit of praise in place of a spirit of sadness. They will be like oak trees that are strong and straight. The Lord himself will plant them in the land. That will show how glorious he is.
- Ezekiel 3:6 - You are not being sent to many nations whose people speak other languages that are hard to learn. You would not be able to understand them. Suppose I had sent you to them. Then they certainly would have listened to you.
- Ezekiel 3:7 - But the people of Israel do not want to listen to you. That is because they do not want to listen to me. All the Israelites are very stubborn.
- Romans 11:8 - It is written, “God made it hard for them to understand. He gave them eyes that could not see. He gave them ears that could not hear. And they are still like that today.” ( Deuteronomy 29:4 ; Isaiah 29:10 )
- Romans 11:9 - David says, “Let their feast be a trap and a snare. Let them trip and fall. Let them get what’s coming to them.
- Romans 11:10 - Let their eyes grow dark so they can’t see. Let their backs be bent forever.” ( Psalm 69:22 , 23 )
- Romans 11:11 - Again, here is what I ask. The Israelites didn’t trip and fall once and for all time, did they? Not at all! Because Israel sinned, the Gentiles can be saved. That will make Israel jealous of them.
- Joel 3:4 - “Tyre and Sidon, why are you doing things like that to me? And why are you doing them, all you people in Philistia? Are you trying to get even with me for something I have done? If you are, I will pay you back for it in a quick and speedy way.
- Joel 3:5 - You took my silver and gold. You carried off my finest treasures to your temples.
- Joel 3:6 - You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks. You wanted to send them far away from their own country.
- Joel 3:7 - “But now I will stir them up into action. I will bring them back from the places you sold them to. And I will do to you what you did to them.
- Joel 3:8 - I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah. And they will sell them to the Sabeans. The Sabeans are a nation that is far away.” The Lord has spoken.
- Ezekiel 26:1 - It was the first day of the 11th month. It was the 12th year since King Jehoiachin had been brought to Babylon as a prisoner. A message from the Lord came to me. The Lord said,
- Ezekiel 26:2 - “Son of man, Tyre laughed because of what happened to Jerusalem. The people of Tyre said, ‘Jerusalem is the gateway to the nations. But the gate is broken. Its doors have swung open to us. Jerusalem has been destroyed. So now we will succeed.’ ”
- Ezekiel 26:3 - The Lord and King says, “But I am against you, Tyre. I will bring many nations against you. They will come in like the waves of the sea.
- Ezekiel 26:4 - They will destroy your walls. They will pull down your towers. I will clear away the stones of your broken-down buildings. I will turn you into nothing but a bare rock.
- Ezekiel 26:5 - Out in the Mediterranean Sea your island city will become a place to spread fishnets. I have spoken,” announces the Lord and King. “The nations will take you and everything you have.
- Ezekiel 26:6 - Your settlements on the coast will be destroyed by war. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
- Ezekiel 26:7 - The Lord and King says, “From the north I am going to bring Nebuchadnezzar against Tyre. He is the king of Babylon. He is the greatest king of all. He will come with horses and chariots. Horsemen and a great army will be brought along with him.
- Ezekiel 26:8 - He will go to war against you. He will destroy your settlements on the coast. He will bring in war machines to attack you. A ramp will be built up to your walls. He will raise his shields against you.
- Ezekiel 26:9 - He will use huge logs to knock down your walls. He will destroy your towers with his weapons.
- Ezekiel 26:10 - He will have so many horses that they will cover you with dust. Your walls will shake because of the noise of his war horses, wagons and chariots. He will enter your gates, just as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through.
- Ezekiel 26:11 - The hooves of his horses will pound in your streets. His swords will kill your people. Your strong pillars will fall to the ground.
- Ezekiel 26:12 - His men will take away from you your wealth and anything else you have. They will pull down your walls. They will completely destroy your fine houses. They will throw the stones and lumber of your broken-down buildings into the sea.
- Ezekiel 26:13 - I will put an end to your noisy songs. No one will hear the music of your harps anymore.
- Ezekiel 26:14 - I will turn you into nothing but a bare rock. You will become a place to spread fishnets. You will never be rebuilt. I have spoken. I am the Lord,” announces the Lord and King.
- Ezekiel 26:15 - The Lord and King speaks to Tyre. He says, “The lands along the coast will shake because of the sound of your fall. Wounded people will groan because so many are dying there.
- Ezekiel 26:16 - Then all the princes along the coast will step down from their thrones. They will put their robes away. They will take off their beautiful clothes. They will sit on the ground. They will put on terror as if it were their clothes. They will tremble with fear all the time. They will be shocked because of what has happened to you.
- Ezekiel 26:17 - Then they will sing a song of sadness about you. They will say to you, “ ‘Famous city, you have been completely destroyed! You were filled with sea traders. You and your citizens were a mighty power on the seas. You terrified everyone who lived in you.
- Ezekiel 26:18 - The lands along the coast trembled with fear when you fell. The islands in the sea were terrified when you were destroyed.’ ”
- Ezekiel 26:19 - The Lord and King says to Tyre, “I will turn you into an empty city. You will be like cities where no one lives anymore. I will cause the ocean to sweep over you. Its mighty waters will cover you.
- Ezekiel 26:20 - So I will bring you down together with those who go down into the grave. The people there lived long ago. You will have to live in the earth below. It will be like living in buildings that were destroyed many years ago. You will go down into the grave along with others. And you will never come back. You will not take your place in this world again.
- Ezekiel 26:21 - I will bring you to a horrible end. You will be gone forever. People will look for you. But they will never find you,” announces the Lord and King.
- Isaiah 23:1 - Here is a prophecy against Tyre that the Lord gave me. Men in the ships of Tarshish, cry out! The city of Tyre is destroyed. Its houses and harbor are gone. That’s the message you have received from the island of Cyprus.
- Isaiah 23:2 - People on the island of Tyre, be silent. Traders from the city of Sidon, be quiet. Those who sail on the Mediterranean Sea have made you rich.
- Isaiah 23:3 - Grain from Egypt came across the mighty waters. The harvest of the Nile River brought wealth to Tyre. It became the market place of the nations.
- Isaiah 23:4 - Sidon, be ashamed. Mighty Tyre out in the sea, be ashamed. The sea has spoken. It has said, “It’s as if I had never felt labor pains or had children. It’s as if I had never brought up sons or daughters. It’s as if the city of Tyre had never existed.”
- Isaiah 23:5 - The Egyptians will hear about what has happened to Tyre. They’ll be very sad and troubled.
- Isaiah 23:6 - People of the island of Tyre, cry out! Go across the sea to Tarshish.
- Isaiah 23:7 - Just look at Tyre. It’s no longer the old, old city that was known for its wild parties. It no longer sends its people out to make their homes in lands far away.
- Isaiah 23:8 - Tyre was a city that produced kings. Its traders were princes. They were honored all over the earth. So who planned to destroy such a city?
- Isaiah 23:9 - The Lord who rules over all planned to do it. He wanted to bring down all its pride and glory. He wanted to shame those who were honored all over the earth.
- Isaiah 23:10 - People of Tarshish, farm your land as they do along the Nile River. That’s because you don’t have a harbor anymore.
- Isaiah 23:11 - The Lord has reached his powerful hand out over the sea. He has made its kingdoms tremble with fear. He has given a command concerning Phoenicia. He has ordered that its forts be destroyed.
- Isaiah 23:12 - He said, “No more wild parties for you! People of Sidon, you are now destroyed! “Leave your city. Go across the sea to Cyprus. Even there you will not find any rest.”
- Isaiah 23:13 - Look at the land of the Babylonians. No one lives there anymore. The Assyrians have turned it into a place for desert creatures. They built their towers in order to attack it. They took everything out of its forts. They knocked down all its buildings.
- Isaiah 23:14 - Men in the ships of Tarshish, cry out! Mighty Tyre is destroyed!
- Isaiah 23:15 - A time is coming when people will forget about Tyre for 70 years. That’s the length of a king’s life. But at the end of those 70 years, Tyre will be like the prostitute that people sing about. They say,
- Isaiah 23:16 - “Forgotten prostitute, pick up a harp. Walk through the city. Play the harp well. Sing many songs. Then you will be remembered.”
- Isaiah 23:17 - At the end of the 70 years, the Lord will punish Tyre. He will let it return to its way of life as a prostitute. It will earn its living with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.
- Isaiah 23:18 - But the money it earns will be set apart for the Lord. The money won’t be stored up or kept for Tyre. Instead, it will go to those who live the way the Lord wants them to. It will pay for plenty of food and fine clothes for them.