New International Version (NIV)
1A prophecy against Tyre:
Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For Tyre is destroyed
and left without house or harbor.
From the land of Cyprus
word has come to them.
Isaiah 23:1
Isaiah 23:1 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
1The pronouncement concerning Tyre:
Wail, you ships of Tarshish,
For Tyre is destroyed, without house or 23:1 Lit enteringharbor;
It is reported to them from the land of 23:1 Heb KittimCyprus.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
1The oracle concerning Tyre.
Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
For Tyre is destroyed, without house or harbor;
It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
1The [mournful, inspired] oracle (23:1 I.e. an urgent message the prophet is under compulsion to proclaim.a burden to be carried) concerning 23:1 Ancient Tyre was a Phoenician trading center with two separate urban areas; the major trading center was located on a fortified island and the suburban center was located on the adjacent coast. They were connected by a causeway built by Alexander the Great during his siege of Tyre.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).
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
1This is the burden against Tyre:
Wail, O ships of Tarshish,23:1 Or Wail, O fleet of trading ships; also in verse 14
for Tyre is laid waste,
without house or harbor.
Word has reached them
from the land of Cyprus.23:1 Hebrew Kittim; also in verse 12
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
1Here is a prophecy against Tyre that the Lord gave me.
Men in the ships of Tarshish, cry out!
The city of Tyre is destroyed.
Its houses and harbor are gone.
That’s the message you have received
from the island of Cyprus.