NET Bible
"Daughter Tarshish, travel back to your land, as one crosses the Nile; there is no longer any marketplace in Tyre."
— Isaiah 23:10, NET Bible
“Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.”
“Pass through thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint any more. ”
“Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.”
“Pass thy land as a river, O daughter of the sea, thou hast a girdle no more.”
“Let your land be worked with the plough, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer any harbour.”
“Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.”
Is this really your boisterous city whose origins are in the distant past, and whose feet led her to a distant land to reside?
Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth?
The LORD of Heaven’s Armies planned it– to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth.
Daughter Tarshish, travel back to your land, as one crosses the Nile; there is no longer any marketplace in Tyre.
The LORD stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook kingdoms; he gave the order to destroy Canaan’s fortresses.
He said,“You will no longer celebrate, oppressed virgin daughter Sidon! Get up, travel to Cyprus, but you will find no relief there.”
Look at the land of the Chaldeans, these people who have lost their identity! The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals. They erected their siege towers, demolished its fortresses, and turned it into a heap of ruins.