τὸ ὅραμα Τύρου ὀλολύζετε πλοῖα Καρχηδόνος ὅτι ἀπώλετο καὶ οὐκέτι ἔρχονται ἐκ γῆς Κιτιαίων ἦκται αἰχμάλωτος
The vision concerning Tyre: wail, ships of Carthage, because she has perished, and they no longer come from the land of the Kittim; she has been led away captive.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
τίνι ὅμοιοι γεγόνασιν οἱ ἐνοικοῦντες ἐν τῇ νήσῳ μεταβόλοι Φοινίκης διαπερῶντες τὴν θάλασσαν
Whom have the inhabitants of the island become like, the merchants of Phoenicia who cross the sea?
Word-by-word analysis· 13 words
ἐν ὕδατι πολλῷ σπέρμα μεταβόλων ὡς ἀμητοῦ εἰσφερομένου οἱ μεταβόλοι τῶν ἐθνῶν
In deep water the seed of merchants came in like a harvested crop; the merchants of the nations were her revenue.
Word-by-word analysis· 12 words
αἰσχύνθητι Σιδών εἶπεν ἡ θάλασσα ἡ δὲ ἰσχὺς τῆς θαλάσσης εἶπεν οὐκ ὤδινον οὐδὲ ἔτεκον οὐδὲ ἐξέθρεψα νεανίσκους οὐδὲ ὕψωσα παρθένους
Be ashamed, Sidon, said the sea; and the strength of the sea said, I was not in labor, nor did I give birth, nor did I rear young men, nor did I raise virgins.
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ὅταν δὲ ἀκουστὸν γένηται Αἰγύπτῳ λήμψεται αὐτοὺς ὀδύνη περὶ Τύρου
When the report reaches Egypt, pain will seize them concerning Tyre.
Word-by-word analysis· 10 words
ἀπέλθατε εἰς Καρχηδόνα ὀλολύξατε οἱ ἐνοικοῦντες ἐν τῇ νήσῳ ταύτῃ
Go away to Carthage; wail, you inhabitants of this island.
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οὐχ αὕτη ἦν ὑμῶν ἡ ὕβρις ἡ ἀπ' ἀρχῆς πρὶν ἢ παραδοθῆναι αὐτήν
Was this not your insolence from the beginning, before she was given over?
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τίς ταῦτα ἐβούλευσεν ἐπὶ Τύρον μὴ ἥσσων ἐστὶν ἢ οὐκ ἰσχύει οἱ ἔμποροι αὐτῆς ἔνδοξοι ἄρχοντες τῆς γῆς
Who planned these things against Tyre? Is she not weaker now, and is her strength gone, though her merchants were glorious rulers of the earth?
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κύριος σαβαωθ ἐβουλεύσατο παραλῦσαι πᾶσαν τὴν ὕβριν τῶν ἐνδόξων καὶ ἀτιμάσαι πᾶν ἔνδοξον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς
The Lord Sabaoth planned it, to dissolve all the pride of the glorious and to dishonor everything glorious upon the earth.
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ἐργάζου τὴν γῆν σου καὶ γὰρ πλοῖα οὐκέτι ἔρχεται ἐκ Καρχηδόνος
Work your own land, for ships no longer come from Carthage.
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ἡ δὲ χείρ σου οὐκέτι ἰσχύει κατὰ θάλασσαν ἡ παροξύνουσα βασιλεῖς κύριος σαβαωθ ἐνετείλατο περὶ Χανααν ἀπολέσαι αὐτῆς τὴν ἰσχύν
Your hand no longer prevails at sea, you who provoked kings; the Lord Sabaoth commanded concerning Canaan to destroy her strength.
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καὶ ἐροῦσιν οὐκέτι μὴ προσθῆτε τοῦ ὑβρίζειν καὶ ἀδικεῖν τὴν θυγατέρα Σιδῶνος καὶ ἐὰν ἀπέλθῃς εἰς Κιτιεῖς οὐδὲ ἐκεῖ σοι ἀνάπαυσις ἔσται
And they will say: No longer continue in arrogance and oppression against the daughter of Sidon; and even if you go away to Kittim, there also you will have no rest.
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καὶ εἰς γῆν Χαλδαίων καὶ αὕτη ἠρήμωται ἀπὸ τῶν Ἀσσυρίων οὐδὲ ἐκεῖ σοι ἀνάπαυσις ἔσται ὅτι ὁ τοῖχος αὐτῆς πέπτωκεν
And as for the land of the Chaldeans, it too has been laid waste by the Assyrians; there also you will have no rest, because its wall has fallen.
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ὀλολύζετε πλοῖα Καρχηδόνος ὅτι ἀπώλετο τὸ ὀχύρωμα ὑμῶν
Wail, ships of Carthage, because your stronghold has perished.
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καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ καταλειφθήσεται Τύρος ἔτη ἑβδομήκοντα ὡς χρόνος βασιλέως ὡς χρόνος ἀνθρώπου καὶ ἔσται μετὰ ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη ἔσται Τύρος ὡς ᾆσμα πόρνης
And it shall be in that day that Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, like the time of a king, like the time of a man; and after seventy years Tyre will be like the song of a prostitute.
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λαβὲ κιθάραν ῥέμβευσον πόλεις πόρνη ἐπιλελησμένη καλῶς κιθάρισον πολλὰ ᾆσον ἵνα σου μνεία γένηται
Take a lyre, wander through the city, forgotten prostitute; play well, sing much, so that remembrance of you may come to pass.
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καὶ ἔσται μετὰ ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη ἐπισκοπὴν ποιήσει ὁ θεὸς Τύρου καὶ πάλιν ἀποκατασταθήσεται εἰς τὸ ἀρχαῖον καὶ ἔσται ἐμπόριον πάσαις ταῖς βασιλείαις τῆς οἰκουμένης
And after seventy years God will visit Tyre, and she will again be restored to what was hers at first, and she will become a marketplace for all the kingdoms of the inhabited world.
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καὶ ἔσται αὐτῆς ἡ ἐμπορία καὶ ὁ μισθὸς ἅγιον τῷ κυρίῳ οὐκ αὐτοῖς συναχθήσεται ἀλλὰ τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν ἔναντι κυρίου πᾶσα ἡ ἐμπορία αὐτῆς φαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν καὶ ἐμπλησθῆναι εἰς συμβολὴν μνημόσυνον ἔναντι κυρίου
And her trade and her wages will be holy to the Lord; it will not be gathered for them, but all her trade will belong to those dwelling before the Lord, for eating and drinking and being filled, as a contribution and memorial before the Lord.