Isaiah 23:1-5

An Oracle Concerning Tyre and Sidon

1 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 1
it is revealed to them.
 2 Be still, O inhabitants of the coast;
the merchants of n Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.
 3 And on many waters
your revenue was the grain of Shihor,
the harvest of the Nile;
you were o the merchant of the nations.
 4 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."
 5 When the report comes to Egypt,
they will be in anguish 2 over the report about Tyre.

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:1
    The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
  2. 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...
  3. 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.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 24:10
    The wasted city is broken down; every house is shut up so that none can enter.
  5. Cross References
    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.
  6. Cross References
    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...
  7. 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.
  8. Cross References
    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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