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Isaiah 23:1

This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.

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ASV

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 Kittim it is revealed to them.

KJV

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.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מַשָּׂ֖אma.Sa'[the] oracle ofH4853 →
צֹ֑רTzorTyreH6865 →
הֵילִ֣ילוּ׀hei.Li.luwailH3213 →
אֳנִיּ֣וֹת'o.ni.YotO ships ofH591 →
תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁtar.ShishTarshishH8659 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
שֻׁדַּ֤דshu.Dadit has been devastatedH7703 →
מִבַּ֙יִת֙mi.Ba.yitfrom houseH1004 →
מִבּ֔וֹאmi.Bo'from comingH935 →
מֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776 →
כִּתִּ֖יםki.TimCyprusH3794 →
נִגְלָה־nig.lah-it has been revealedH1540 →
לָֽמוֹ׃la.moto them

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Joel 3:4–8Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.Amos 1:9–10This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.Genesis 10:4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.Isaiah 2:16against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.Jeremiah 25:22all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;Jeremiah 47:4For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.Jonah 1:3Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.Zechariah 9:2–4and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.Jeremiah 2:10Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:Isaiah 23:12He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.1 Kings 10:22For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.Isaiah 23:14Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!Joshua 19:29The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,Revelation 18:22–23And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.Jeremiah 25:10–11Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.Jeremiah 25:15This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.Isaiah 15:8For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. Their wailing reaches Eglaim; it is heard in Beer-elim.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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