Isaiah 23-25

New International Version

Wail,^(B) you ships^(C) of Tarshish!^(D)
    For Tyre is destroyed^(E)
    and left without house or harbor.
From the land of Cyprus
    word has come to them.

² Be silent,^(F) you people of the island
    and you merchants^(G) of Sidon,^(H)
    whom the seafarers have enriched.
³ On the great waters
    came the grain of the Shihor;^(I)
the harvest of the Nile^[a](J) was the revenue of Tyre,^(K)
    and she became the marketplace of the nations.

⁴ Be ashamed, Sidon,^(L) and you fortress of the sea,
    for the sea has spoken:
“I have neither been in labor nor given birth;^(M)
    I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.”
⁵ When word comes to Egypt,
    they will be in anguish^(N) at the report from Tyre.^(O)

⁶ Cross over to Tarshish;^(P)
    wail, you people of the island.
⁷ Is this your city of revelry,^(Q)
    the old, old city,
whose feet have taken her
    to settle in far-off lands?
⁸ Who planned this against Tyre,
    the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants^(R) are princes,
    whose traders^(S) are renowned in the earth?
⁹ The Lord Almighty planned^(T) it,
    to bring down^(U) her pride in all her splendor
    and to humble^(V) all who are renowned^(W) on the earth.

¹⁰ Till^[b] your land as they do along the Nile,
    Daughter Tarshish,
    for you no longer have a harbor.
¹¹ The Lord has stretched out his hand^(X) over the sea
    and made its kingdoms tremble.^(Y)
He has given an order concerning Phoenicia
    that her fortresses be destroyed.^(Z)
12 He said, “No more of your reveling,^(AA)
    Virgin Daughter^(AB) Sidon, now crushed!

“Up, cross over to Cyprus;^(AC)
    even there you will find no rest.”
¹³ Look at the land of the Babylonians,^[c](AD)
    this people that is now of no account!
The Assyrians^(AE) have made it
    a place for desert creatures;^(AF)
they raised up their siege towers,^(AG)
    they stripped its fortresses bare
    and turned it into a ruin.^(AH)

¹⁴ Wail, you ships^(AI) of Tarshish;^(AJ)
    your fortress is destroyed!^(AK)

¹⁶ “Take up a harp, walk through the city,
    you forgotten prostitute;^(AN)
play the harp well, sing many a song,
    so that you will be remembered.”

⁴ The earth dries up^(BD) and withers,^(BE)
    the world languishes and withers,
    the heavens^(BF) languish with the earth.^(BG)
5 The earth is defiled^(BH) by its people;
    they have disobeyed^(BI) the laws,
violated the statutes
    and broken the everlasting covenant.^(BJ)
6 Therefore a curse^(BK) consumes the earth;
    its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,^(BL)
    and very few are left.
⁷ The new wine dries up^(BM) and the vine withers;^(BN)
    all the merrymakers groan.^(BO)
8 The joyful timbrels^(BP) are stilled,
    the noise^(BQ) of the revelers^(BR) has stopped,
    the joyful harp^(BS) is silent.^(BT)
9 No longer do they drink wine^(BU) with a song;
    the beer is bitter^(BV) to its drinkers.
¹⁰ The ruined city^(BW) lies desolate;^(BX)
    the entrance to every house is barred.
¹¹ In the streets they cry out^(BY) for wine;^(BZ)
    all joy turns to gloom,^(CA)
    all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
¹² The city is left in ruins,^(CB)
    its gate^(CC) is battered to pieces.
¹³ So will it be on the earth
    and among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,^(CD)
    or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.^(CE)

¹⁴ They raise their voices, they shout for joy;^(CF)
    from the west^(CG) they acclaim the Lord’s majesty.
¹⁵ Therefore in the east^(CH) give glory^(CI) to the Lord;
    exalt^(CJ) the name^(CK) of the Lord, the God of Israel,
    in the islands^(CL) of the sea.
¹⁶ From the ends of the earth^(CM) we hear singing:^(CN)
    “Glory^(CO) to the Righteous One.”^(CP)

But I said, “I waste away, I waste away!^(CQ)
    Woe^(CR) to me!
The treacherous^(CS) betray!
    With treachery the treacherous betray!^(CT)”
¹⁷ Terror^(CU) and pit and snare^(CV) await you,
    people of the earth.^(CW)
18 Whoever flees^(CX) at the sound of terror
    will fall into a pit;^(CY)
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare.^(CZ)

The floodgates of the heavens^(DA) are opened,
    the foundations of the earth shake.^(DB)
19 The earth is broken up,^(DC)
    the earth is split asunder,^(DD)
    the earth is violently shaken.
²⁰ The earth reels like a drunkard,^(DE)
    it sways like a hut^(DF) in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion^(DG)
    that it falls^(DH)—never to rise again.^(DI)

²¹ In that day^(DJ) the Lord will punish^(DK)
    the powers^(DL) in the heavens above
    and the kings^(DM) on the earth below.
²² They will be herded together
    like prisoners^(DN) bound in a dungeon;^(DO)
they will be shut up in prison
    and be punished^[d] after many days.^(DP)
23 The moon will be dismayed,
    the sun^(DQ) ashamed;
for the Lord Almighty will reign^(DR)
    on Mount Zion^(DS) and in Jerusalem,
    and before its elders—with great glory.^(DT)

⁶ On this mountain^(EO) the Lord Almighty will prepare
    a feast^(EP) of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
    the best of meats and the finest of wines.^(EQ)
7 On this mountain he will destroy
    the shroud^(ER) that enfolds all peoples,^(ES)
the sheet that covers all nations;
⁸     he will swallow up death^(ET) forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears^(EU)
    from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace^(EV)
    from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.^(EW)

“Surely this is our God;^(EY)
    we trusted^(EZ) in him, and he saved^(FA) us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
    let us rejoice^(FB) and be glad in his salvation.”^(FC)

¹⁰ The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain;^(FD)
    but Moab^(FE) will be trampled in their land
    as straw is trampled down in the manure.
¹¹ They will stretch out their hands in it,
    as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.
God will bring down^(FF) their pride^(FG)
    despite the cleverness^[e] of their hands.
¹² He will bring down your high fortified walls^(FH)
    and lay them low;^(FI)
he will bring them down to the ground,
    to the very dust.