Isaiah 23:6
Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
BSB
ASV
Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast.
KJV
Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
(Verse 6, 7.) Go to Carthage: howl, you who dwell in this island. Is this not your insult from the beginning before it was handed over? They will lead it far on foot to wander. That which follows: They will lead it far on foot to wander, is added from Hebrew, and is prenoted by an asterisk, that is, by illuminating stars.
Pass ye over - That is, ye inhabitants of tyre. This is an address to Tyre, in view of her approaching destruction; and is designed to signify that when the city was destroyed, its inhabitants would flee to its colonies, and seek refuge and safety there. As Tarshish was one of its principal colonies, and as the ships employed by Tyre would naturally sail to Tarshish, the inhabitants are represented as fleeing there on the attack of Nebucbadnezzar.
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Isaiah 16:7Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
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They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones…
Moab is put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out! Declare by the Arnon that Moab is destroyed.
Then he distributed to every man and woman of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.
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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.”
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And 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…
“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
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Isaiah 21:15For they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.
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The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
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Isaiah 23:10Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
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Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!
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