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Proverbs 24

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¹ "So they will hang on him all the honor and glory [the complete responsibility] of his father's house, offspring and issue [of the family, high and low], all the least of the articles, from the bowls to all the jars.

² In that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "the peg (Eliakim) that was driven into the firm place will give way; it will even break off and fall, and the burden hanging on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken."

³ The [mournful, inspired] oracle ([1] a burden to be carried) concerning[2] Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For Tyre is destroyed, without house, without harbor; It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus (Kittim).

⁴ Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You[3] merchants of Sidon; [4] Your messengers crossed the sea

⁵ And they were on great waters. The grain of the[5] Shihor, the harvest of the Nile River, was Tyre's revenue; And she was the market of nations.

⁶ Be ashamed, O Sidon [mother-city of Tyre, now like a widow bereaved of her children]; For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying, "I have neither labored nor given birth [to children]; I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins."

⁷ When the report reaches Egypt, They will be in agony at the report about Tyre.

⁸ Cross over to Tarshish [to seek safety as exiles]; Wail, O inhabitants of the coastland [of Tyre].

⁹ Is this your jubilant city, Whose origin dates back to antiquity, Whose feet used to carry her [far away] to colonize distant places?

¹⁰ Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?

¹¹ The LORD of hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all beauty, To bring into contempt and humiliation all the honored of the earth.

¹² Overflow your land like [the overflow of] the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; There is no more restraint [on you to make you pay tribute to Tyre].

¹³ He has stretched out His hand over the sea, He has shaken the kingdoms; The LORD has given a command concerning Canaan to destroy her strongholds and her fortresses [like Tyre and Sidon].

¹⁴ He has said, "You shall never again exult [in triumph], O crushed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Arise, cross over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest."

¹⁵ Now look at the land of the Chaldeans (Babylonia)—this is the people which was not; the Assyrians allocated Tyre for desert creatures—they set up their[6] siege towers, they stripped its palaces, they made it a ruin.

¹⁶ Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For your stronghold [of Tyre] is destroyed.

¹⁷ Now in that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the prostitute's song:

¹⁸ Take a harp, walk around the city, O forgotten prostitute; Play the strings skillfully, sing many songs, That you may be remembered.

¹⁹ It will come to pass at the end of seventy years that the LORD will remember Tyre. Then she will return to her prostitute's wages and will play the [role of a] prostitute [by trading] with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.

²⁰ But her commercial gain and her prostitute's wages will be[7] dedicated to the LORD; it will not be treasured or stored up, but her commercial gain will become sufficient food and stately clothing for those who dwell (minister) in the presence of the LORD.

²¹ Behold, the LORD[1] lays waste to the earth, devastates it, twists and distorts its face and scatters its inhabitants.

²² And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor [as God's impartial judgment of sin comes on all].

²³ The earth will be completely laid waste and utterly pillaged, for the LORD has spoken this word.

²⁴ The earth dries up and crumbles away, the world dries out and crumbles away, the exalted of the people of the earth fade away.

²⁵ The earth also is polluted[2] by its inhabitants, because they have transgressed laws, violated statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.

²⁶ Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer the punishment of their guilt. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned [under the curse of God's wrath], and few people are left.

²⁷ The new wine mourns, The vine decays; All the merry-hearted sigh and groan.

²⁸ The mirth of the timbrels (tambourines) ceases, The noise of those who rejoice ends, The joy of the harp ceases.

²⁹ They do not drink wine with a song; Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

³⁰ The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that no one may enter.

³¹ There is an outcry in the streets concerning the wine; All jubilation is darkened, The joy of the earth is banished.

³² Horrible desolation is left in the city, And the gate is battered into ruins.

³³ For so it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, As the shaking of an olive tree, As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over [and only a little of the fruit remains].

³⁴ They [who have escaped and remain] raise their voices, they shout for joy; They rejoice from the [Mediterranean] Sea in the majesty of the LORD.

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1	"So they will hang on him all the honor and glory [the complete responsibility] of his father's house, offspring and issue [of the family, high and low], all the least of the articles, from the bowls to all the jars.
2	In that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "the peg (Eliakim) that was driven into the firm place will give way; it will even break off and fall, and the burden hanging on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken."
3	The [mournful, inspired] oracle ([1] a burden to be carried) concerning[2] Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For Tyre is destroyed, without house, without harbor; It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus (Kittim).
4	Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You[3] merchants of Sidon; [4] Your messengers crossed the sea
5	And they were on great waters. The grain of the[5] Shihor, the harvest of the Nile River, was Tyre's revenue; And she was the market of nations.
6	Be ashamed, O Sidon [mother-city of Tyre, now like a widow bereaved of her children]; For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying, "I have neither labored nor given birth [to children]; I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins."
7	When the report reaches Egypt, They will be in agony at the report about Tyre.
8	Cross over to Tarshish [to seek safety as exiles]; Wail, O inhabitants of the coastland [of Tyre].
9	Is this your jubilant city, Whose origin dates back to antiquity, Whose feet used to carry her [far away] to colonize distant places?
10	Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
11	The LORD of hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all beauty, To bring into contempt and humiliation all the honored of the earth.
12	Overflow your land like [the overflow of] the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; There is no more restraint [on you to make you pay tribute to Tyre].
13	He has stretched out His hand over the sea, He has shaken the kingdoms; The LORD has given a command concerning Canaan to destroy her strongholds and her fortresses [like Tyre and Sidon].
14	He has said, "You shall never again exult [in triumph], O crushed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Arise, cross over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest."
15	Now look at the land of the Chaldeans (Babylonia)—this is the people which was not; the Assyrians allocated Tyre for desert creatures—they set up their[6] siege towers, they stripped its palaces, they made it a ruin.
16	Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For your stronghold [of Tyre] is destroyed.
17	Now in that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the prostitute's song:
18	Take a harp, walk around the city, O forgotten prostitute; Play the strings skillfully, sing many songs, That you may be remembered.
19	It will come to pass at the end of seventy years that the LORD will remember Tyre. Then she will return to her prostitute's wages and will play the [role of a] prostitute [by trading] with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.
20	But her commercial gain and her prostitute's wages will be[7] dedicated to the LORD; it will not be treasured or stored up, but her commercial gain will become sufficient food and stately clothing for those who dwell (minister) in the presence of the LORD.
21	Behold, the LORD[1] lays waste to the earth, devastates it, twists and distorts its face and scatters its inhabitants.
22	And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor [as God's impartial judgment of sin comes on all].
23	The earth will be completely laid waste and utterly pillaged, for the LORD has spoken this word.
24	The earth dries up and crumbles away, the world dries out and crumbles away, the exalted of the people of the earth fade away.
25	The earth also is polluted[2] by its inhabitants, because they have transgressed laws, violated statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
26	Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer the punishment of their guilt. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned [under the curse of God's wrath], and few people are left.
27	The new wine mourns, The vine decays; All the merry-hearted sigh and groan.
28	The mirth of the timbrels (tambourines) ceases, The noise of those who rejoice ends, The joy of the harp ceases.
29	They do not drink wine with a song; Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
30	The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that no one may enter.
31	There is an outcry in the streets concerning the wine; All jubilation is darkened, The joy of the earth is banished.
32	Horrible desolation is left in the city, And the gate is battered into ruins.
33	For so it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, As the shaking of an olive tree, As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over [and only a little of the fruit remains].
34	They [who have escaped and remain] raise their voices, they shout for joy; They rejoice from the [Mediterranean] Sea in the majesty of the LORD.

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