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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 23
Tyre shall be overthrown.
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Tyre and Zidon, the whole of the merchant kingdom of the nations of the
seas of the earth shall be overthrown and such international trade that
spanned the earth will end.
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1 THE aburden
of bTyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid
waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of
cChittim it is revealed to them.
2 Be astill, ye inhabitants of the
isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have
replenished.
3 And by great waters the aseed of
bSihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue;
and she is a mart of nations.
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4 Be thou ashamed, O aZidon: for the
sea hath spoken, even the bstrength of the sea,
saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up
young men, nor bring up virgins.
5 aAs at the report concerning
Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
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7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the
crowning city, whose merchants are aprinces,
whose btraffickers are the
chonourable of the earth?
9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
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10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook
the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment aagainst
the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
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13 Behold the land of the
aChaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian
founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers
thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to
ruin.
14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
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15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
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17 ¶ And it shall come to pass after the end of
seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall
aturn to her hire, and shall commit
bfornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon
the face of the eartha.
18 And her amerchandise and her
bhire shall be choliness to the LORD: it
shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them
that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
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17a all the kingdoms of the world upon
the face of the earth Though alluded to it is not so clearly stated
until this verse that the merchant trade of Tyre and Zidon did reach 'all the
kingdoms of the world which were upon the whole face of the earth'. Until
the destruction brought about by the Chaldeans, the Babylonians, the Merchant
Kingdom of the Phoenicians did reach all the kingdoms and nations of the earth.
As was stated concerning the ships of Tarshish which sailed from Ezion-Geber
to Sidon, they would be 3 years out of their main trading port as they sailed
the trade routes of the seas. The 'Cocain Mummies' attest that their trade
did reach the Kingdom of the Jaredites in the Americas. Interestingly enough
it is supposed that one of the last 'trade ships' to that distant port in
America did carry to that far reaching end of the earth Mulek, the surviving
son of King Zedekiah. And such was for the safety and preservation of the
lineage of King Zedekiah for the effects of the Kingdom of Babylon did so
reach in its effect all the nations of the earth when the overthrow of the
great sea merchant kingdom of the earth was so accomplished in the destruction
of Tyre and Zidon. And thus Zidon or Sidon, from the port from whence Mulek's
company sailed, it being the last of the merchant ships prior to the overthrown
of the great sea merchant nation of the earth, became the name given to the
river which the Phoenician ship(s) sailed up to escape the powers of destruction
of Babylon. One might ponder that the destruction which the company of Mulek
found at the once triving Jaredite sea port would have likely also have been
thought to have been from the source of the Chaldeans as the concept of a
civil war upon the land of the Jaredites would not have been the first thought
of the Phoenician sailors out of Zidon. And thus perhaps according to the
council of Coriantumr, the Phoenician refugees were directed to the wilderness
land south of the narrow neck by sea to sail into the heart of that land by
way of the main river we today call Magdalena and which they so named Sidon
after their long departed port of departure, Zidon.
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