Isaiah 23 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 The burden of Tyrus. Howle, yee shippes of Tarshish: for it is destroied, so that there is none house: none shall come from the lande of Chittim: it is reueiled vnto them.
1 CARGA de Tiro. Aullad, naves de Tarsis, porque destruída es hasta no quedar casa, ni entrada: de la tierra de Chîttim les es revelado.
2 Be still, yee that dwell in the yles: the marchantes of Zidon, and such as passe ouer the sea, haue replenished thee.
2 Callad, moradores de la isla, mercader de Sidón, que pasando la mar te henchían.
3 The seede of Nilus growing by the abundance of waters, and the haruest of the riuer was her reuenues, and she was a marte of the nations.
3 Su provisión era de las sementeras [que crecen] con las muchas aguas del Nilo, de la mies del río. Fué también feria de gentes.
4 Be ashamed, thou Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, euen the strength of the sea, saying, I haue not trauailed, nor brought forth children, neither nourished yong men, nor brought vp virgins.
4 Avergüénzate, Sidón, porque la mar, la fortaleza de la mar habló, diciendo: Nunca estuve de parto, ni parí, ni crié mancebos, ni levanté vírgenes.
5 When the fame commeth to the Egyptians, they shall be sorie, concerning the rumour of Tyrus.
5 En llegando la fama á Egipto, tendrán dolor de las nuevas de Tiro.
6 Goe you ouer to Tarshish: howle, yee that dwell in the yles.
6 Pasaos á Tarsis; aullad, moradores de la isla.
7 Is not this that your glorious citie? her antiquitie is of ancient daies: her owne feete shall leade her afarre off to be a soiourner.
7 ¿No era ésta vuestra [ciudad] alegre, su antigüedad de muchos días? Sus pies la llevarán á peregrinar lejos.
8 Who hath decreed this against Tyrus (that crowneth men) whose marchantes are princes? whose chapmen are the nobles of the worlde?
8 ¿Quién decretó esto sobre Tiro la coronada, cuyos negociantes eran príncipes, cuyos mercaderes eran los nobles de la tierra?
9 The Lord of hostes hath decreed this, to staine the pride of all glorie, and to bring to contempt all them that be glorious in the earth.
9 Jehová de los ejércitos lo decretó, para envilecer la soberbia de toda gloria; y para abatir todos los ilustres de la tierra.
10 Passe through thy lande like a flood to the daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
10 Pasa cual río de tu tierra, oh hija de Tarsis; porque no tendrás ya más fortaleza.
11 He stretched out his hand vpon the sea: he shooke the kingdomes: the Lord hath giuen a commandement concerning the place of marchandise, to destroy the power thereof.
11 Extendió su mano sobre la mar, hizo temblar los reinos: Jehová mandó sobre Canaán que sus fuerzas sean debilitadas.
12 And he saide, Thou shalt no more reioyce when thou art oppressed: O virgin daughter of Zidon: rise vp, goe ouer vnto Chittim: yet there thou shalt haue no rest.
12 Y dijo: No te alegrarás más, oh tú, oprimida virgen hija de Sidón. Levántate para pasar á Chîttim; y aun allí no tendrás reposo.
13 Behold the lande of the Caldeans: this was no people: Asshur founded it by the inhabitantes of the wildernesse: they set vp the towers thereof: they raised the palaces thereof and hee brought it to ruine.
13 Mira la tierra de los Caldeos; este pueblo no era; Assur la fundó para los que habitaban en el desierto: levantaron sus fortalezas, edificaron sus palacios; él la convirtió en ruinas.
14 Howle yee shippes of Tarshish, for your strength is destroyed.
14 Aullad, naves de Tarsis; porque destruída es vuestra fortaleza.
15 And in that day shall Tyrus bee forgotten seuentie yeeres, (according to the yeeres of one King) at the ende of seuentie yeeres shall Tyrus sing as an harlot.
15 Y acontecerá en aquel día, que Tiro será puesta en olvido por setenta años, como días de un rey. Después de los setenta años, cantará Tiro canción como de ramera.
16 Take an harpe and go about the citie: (thou harlot thou hast beene forgotten) make sweete melodie, sing moe songes that thou maiest be remembred.
16 Toma arpa, y rodea la ciudad, oh ramera olvidada: haz buena melodía, reitera la canción, porque tornes en memoria.
17 And at the ende of seuentie yeres shall the Lord visite Tyrus, and shee shall returne to her wages, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdomes of the earth, that are in the world.
17 Y acontecerá, que al fin de los setenta años visitará Jehová á Tiro: y tornaráse á su ganancia, y otra vez fornicará con todos los reinos de la tierra sobre la haz de la tierra.
18 Yet her occupying and her wages shall bee holy vnto the Lord: it shall not be laied vp nor kept in store, but her marchandise shalbe for them that dwell before the Lord, to eate sufficiently, and to haue durable clothing.
18 Mas su negociación y su ganancia será consagrada á Jehová: no se guardará ni se atesorará, porque su negociación será para los que estuvieren delante de Jehová, para que coman hasta hartarse, y vistan honradamente.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joel 3:4–8; Genesis 10:4; Amos 1:9–10; Jeremiah 25:22; Isaiah 2:16
- 2 Isaiah 47:5; Ezekiel 27:8–36; Ezekiel 28:2; Psalm 46:10; Isaiah 41:1
- 3 1 Chronicles 13:5; Jeremiah 2:18; Ezekiel 27:3–23; Isaiah 23:8; Joel 3:5
- 4 Revelation 18:23; Genesis 10:15; Jeremiah 47:3–4; Ezekiel 26:3–6; Hosea 9:11–14
- 5 Joshua 2:9–11; Exodus 15:14–16; Ezekiel 28:19; Ezekiel 27:29–36; Ezekiel 26:15–21
- 6 Isaiah 23:12; Isaiah 21:15; Isaiah 16:7; Isaiah 23:10; Isaiah 23:1–2
- 7 Isaiah 22:2; Joshua 19:29; Ecclesiastes 10:7; Isaiah 47:1–2; Isaiah 32:13
- 8 Ezekiel 28:2–6; Isaiah 10:8; Jeremiah 50:44–45; Deuteronomy 29:24–28; Isaiah 36:9
- 9 James 4:6; Isaiah 13:11; Job 40:11–12; Isaiah 2:11; Daniel 4:37
- 10 1 Samuel 28:20; Isaiah 23:14; Job 12:21; Psalm 18:32; Romans 5:6
- 11 Zechariah 9:3–4; Exodus 14:21; Mark 11:17; Hosea 12:7–8; Exodus 15:8–10
- 12 Revelation 18:22; Ezekiel 26:13–14; Isaiah 23:1–2; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 23:7
- 13 Habakkuk 1:6; Isaiah 13:19; Daniel 4:30; 2 Kings 20:12; Ezekiel 29:18
- 14 Isaiah 23:1; Ezekiel 27:25–30; Isaiah 2:16; Isaiah 23:6; Revelation 18:11–19
- 15 Jeremiah 25:22; Hosea 2:15; Jeremiah 27:3–7; Daniel 8:21; Jeremiah 29:10
- 16 Proverbs 7:10–12; Jeremiah 30:14
- 17 Nahum 3:4; Ezekiel 27:6–36; Revelation 19:2; Ezekiel 16:26; Jeremiah 29:10
- 18 Psalm 72:10; Deuteronomy 26:12–14; Philippians 4:17–18; Galatians 6:6; Deuteronomy 12:18–19
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For in the Prophet Isaiah it is thus found: "Howl, ye ships of Carthage." But in Ezekiel by some interpreters the word is translated Carthage, by some Tarshish: and from this diversity it can be understood that the same which was called Carthage, is called Tharsus.
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