An Oracle Concerning Tyre and Sidon
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The i oracle concerning j Tyre.
Wail, O k ships of Tarshish,
for Tyre is laid waste, l without house or harbor!
From m the land of Cyprus
it is revealed to them.
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Be still, O inhabitants of the coast;
the merchants of n Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.
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And on many waters
your revenue was the grain of Shihor,
the harvest of the Nile;
you were o the merchant of the nations.
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Be ashamed, O n Sidon, for the sea has spoken,
the stronghold of the sea, saying:
"I have neither labored nor given birth,
I have neither reared young men
nor brought up young women."
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When the report comes to Egypt,
they will be in anguish over the report about Tyre.
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p Cross over to Tarshish;
wail, O inhabitants of the coast!
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Is this your exultant city
q whose origin is from days of old,
whose feet carried her
to settle far away?
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Who has purposed this
against Tyre, the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants were princes,
whose traders were the honored of the earth?
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The Lord of hosts has purposed it,
r to defile the pompous pride of all glory,
to dishonor all the honored of the earth.
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Cross over your land like the Nile,
O daughter of Tarshish;
there is no restraint anymore.
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s He has stretched out his hand over the sea;
he has shaken the kingdoms;
the Lord has given command concerning Canaan
to destroy its strongholds.
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And he said:
"You will no more exult,
O oppressed virgin daughter of t Sidon;
arise, u cross over to v Cyprus,
even there you will have no rest."
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Behold the land of w the Chaldeans! This is the people that was not; Assyria destined it for wild beasts. They erected x their siege towers, they stripped her palaces bare, they made her a ruin.
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y Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
for your stronghold is laid waste.
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In that day Tyre will be forgotten for z seventy years, like the days of one king. At the end of z seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:
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"Take a harp;
go about the city,
O forgotten prostitute!
Make sweet melody;
sing many songs,
that you may be remembered."
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At the end of a seventy years, the Lord will visit Tyre, and she will return to her wages and b will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
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Her merchandise and her wages will be holy to the Lord. It will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who dwell before the Lord.
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Cross References
Isaiah 13:1
The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 25:22
All the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, ...
Jeremiah 27:2 - 3
Thus the Lord said to me: "Make yourself straps...
Ezekiel 26:2 - 28:24
"Son of man, because Tyre said concerning Jerus...
Joel 3:4 - 8
What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all t...
Amos 1:9 - 10
Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions ...
Zechariah 9:2 - 4
And on Hamath also, which borders on it, Tyre a...
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Cross References
Isaiah 23:14
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.
1 Kings 10:22
For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
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Isaiah 24:10
The wasted city is broken down; every house is shut up so that none can enter.
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Jeremiah 2:10
For cross to the coasts of Cyprus and see, or send to Kedar and examine with care; see if there has been such a thing.
Genesis 10:4
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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Isaiah 23:4
Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea has spoken, th...
Isaiah 23:12
And he said: "You will no more exult, O oppress...
Genesis 10:15
Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth.
Joshua 19:28
Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, as far as Sidon th...
Jeremiah 25:22
All the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, ...
Jeremiah 27:3
Send word to the king of Edom, the king of Moab...
Ezekiel 27:8
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your ro...
Ezekiel 32:30
The princes of the north are there, all of them...
Joel 3:4
What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all t...
Zechariah 9:2
And on Hamath also, which borders on it, Tyre a...
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Cross References
Ezekiel 27:3 - 23
And say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrances to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord God : "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.
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Isaiah 23:2
Be still, O inhabitants of the coast; the merchants of Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.
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Isaiah 23:12
And he said: "You will no more exult, O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon; arise, cross over to Cyprus, even there you will have no rest.
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Genesis 10:15
Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth.
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Ezekiel 28:7
Therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you, the most ruthless of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.
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Exodus 14:21
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
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Isaiah 23:2
Be still, O inhabitants of the coast; the merchants of Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.
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Isaiah 23:6
Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coast!
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Isaiah 23:1
The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor! From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.
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Isaiah 47:1
Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
Isaiah 48:14
Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among them has declared these things? The Lord loves him; he shall perform his purpose on Babylon, and his arm shall be against the Chaldeans.
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2 Kings 25:1
And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem and laid siege to it. And they built siegeworks all around it.
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Isaiah 23:1
The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor! From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.
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Jeremiah 25:11
This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Jeremiah 25:22
All the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across the sea.
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Jeremiah 25:11
This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Jeremiah 25:22
All the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across the sea.
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Jeremiah 25:11
This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Jeremiah 25:22
All the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across the sea.
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Revelation 17:1 - 2
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters.
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