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The revelation about Tyre that

the Lord God gave Isaiah the prophet

The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. Be still ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? 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. Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof. 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. Behold the land of the Chaldeans; 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. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. 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 shal Tyre sing as a harlot. Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness 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.-Isaiah 23:1-18/the complete chapter***Tyre was a prominent Phoenician seaport city located approximately 20 miles (32 kilometers) away from Sidon (Zidon), another prominent Phoenician seaport city. Tarshish was a prominent seaport city widely identified as Tartessus, in southern Spain, or Cape Tarsis, in the Persian Gulf. Kittim (Chittim) is Cyprus, the 3rd largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Tyre and Sidon were populated primarily by descendants of Ham, and Ham's son Canaan. Ham's son Mizraim was the forefather of the Egyptians. Isaiah the prophet was an Israelite descended from Noah's son Shem, Shem's son Arphaxad, Arphaxad's great-great-great-great-great-grandson Terah, Terah's children Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), their son Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel). King Uzziah (Azariah) was an Israelite from the tribe of Judah, descended from Jacob and his 1st wife Leah, and their 4th born son Judah. Uzziah was the 9th king to rule Judah, the southern nation in Canaan, the Promised Land, the land inhabited by idolaters that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that when Uzziah reigned, Isaiah began receiving revelations from the Lord God, and continued receiving revelations from the Lord God during the reign of Uzziah's son Jotham, the 10th king, and Jotham's son Ahaz, the 11th king, and Ahaz's son Hezekiah, the 12th king to rule Judah. The Holy Bible reveals other information about Tyre:

-King Hiram (Huram) ruler of Tyre, built a palace for Uzzziah's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather King David, the 2nd king to rule over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land. After David began living in the palace, he wanted to build a house for the Name of the Lord, a place to house the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the Lord God gave Nathan the prophet a message for David. Before 70-year-old David died, Solomon, a son born to David and Bathsheba, became the 3rd king to rule over all of the Israelites.

-King Hiram sent timber, gold, laborers, and Hiram (Huram) the craftsman, to Solomon. During the 4th year of his 40-year reign, Solomon began building the temple of the Lord using the gold, silver, bronze, iron, gemstones and wood acquired by David, including cedar from the Sidonians, and the timber, gold and laborers sent by Hiram. In the 11th year, workers finished building the temple in Jerusalem. After Solomon finished building everything he wanted to build, he gave King Hiram 20 cities in Galilee, in the portion of the Promised Land allotted to the tribe of Naphtali, the Israelites descended from Jacob and Bilhah and their 2nd born son Naphtali. Bilhah was the maidservant of Jacob's 2nd wife Rachel.

-Rehoboam, the son born to Solomon and Naamah, was the 4th king to rule over all of the Israelites. After Rehoboam gave a specific answer the Israelites split into 2 kingdoms, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of Solomon. Judah was the nation in the south, Jerusalem was the royal city and Rehoboam was the 1st king to reign. Israel was the northern nation, Samaria was the final royal city and Jeroboam, the son born to Nebat and Zeruah, was the 1st king to reign. Approximately 200 years after Jeroboam's son Nadab became the 2nd king to rule the northern nation of Israel, the Assyrians invaded the kingdom and conquered Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Less than 140 years after Samaria was conquered, Hezekiah's great-great-grandson Zedekiah (Mattaniah) became the 19th king to rule Judah. During the 11th year of Zedekiah's reign, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) conquered Jerusalem, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. The Babylonians broke down the wall around Jerusalem, looted and burned the temple, captured Zedekiah and Zedekiah's sons, killed Zedekiah's sons, removed Zedekiah's eyesight, and took Zedekiah and more Israelites to Babylon. King Cyrus, ruler of the Persian Empire, conquered the Babylonians and allowed Israelites throughout the kingdom to return to Judah and Jerusalem and build a new temple. The Israelites paid the Tyrians, the people of Tyre, for timber.

-The new temple was built, and the wall around Jerusalem was repaired, and Nehemiah the governor saw Israelites performing tasks, and saw men from Tyre and other places selling fish and other goods, and saw the Israelites making purchases on the Sabbath day. Nehemiah reprimanded the Israelites, and made a rule about closing the gates, and warned the merchants.

-Over 400 years after Joel the prophet received revelations about Tyre from the Lord God, John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, were born. John the Baptist was born into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi to Zechariah (Zacharias) the priest and his wife Elizabeth (Elisabeth). Jesus the Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Elizabeth's relative Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem into the tribe of Judah, the tribe of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. On the 8th day after John the Baptist was born, he was circumcised, and on the 8th day after Jesus the Christ was born, Jesus was circumcised, according to the covenant of circumcision that the Lord God gave Abraham. During the 12th year after John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ were born, Joseph and Mary found Jesus in Jerusalem, in the temple of the Lord, listening, asking, understanding, and answering. Approximately 30 years after John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ were born, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world, and testified that Jesus is the Son of God. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. Before Jesus was betrayed, arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, seen by over 500 people, and taken up into heaven less than 3 1/2 years after he was baptized, Jesus spoke about Tyre and Sidon, journeyed near, and at least once entered in, the region of Tyre and Sidon, and people from Tyre and Sidon came to listen to  Jesus and be healed by Jesus.-Genesis, Exodus, Numbers 13:1-14:45, 20:1-29, 26:1-27:23, Deuteronomy 31:1-34:12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

Reference Information

antiquity = qedem/qedmah/qadam/qidmah = of old, ancient, aforetime

burden = massa/nasa = utterance, tribute, prophecy

Chittim = kittim = Kittiy = a Kittite, a Cypriote, an inhabitant of Cyprus, a son born to Javan, Javan's descendants and their land

mart = sehar/cachar/sachar = marketplace, emporium

merchandise = sahrah = cachar = profit, gain

merchant (city) = kenan = Canaan

river (as a) = kayor/yor = the Nile

stain = lehallel = chalal = dishonor, to bore

strength = mezah/mezach/maziyach/zachach = girdle, restraint, belt

them (that dwell in the wilderness) = lesiyim = tsiyiy/tsiyah =  desert creatures, desert dweller

turn = wesabah = shuwb = return, turn back

traffickers = kinaneha = traders, merchants

Reference Scriptures

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.-Psalm 45:12

Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.-Psalm 83;1-2...They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:-Psalm 83:4-5...Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;-Psalm 83:7

The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.-Psalm 87:4

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