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The Burden against Tyre

Isaiah 23:14

In 11 translations

BSB
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!
KJV
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
WEB
Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!
ASV
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.
LSV
Howl, you ships of Tarshish, || For your strength has been destroyed.
YLT
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For your strength hath been destroyed.
DBY
Howl, ships of Tarshish! for your fortress is laid waste.
DRC
Howl, O ye ships of the sea, for your strength is laid waste.
GNV
Howle yee shippes of Tarshish, for your strength is destroyed.
JPS
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.
LXXE
Howl, ye ships of Carthage: for your strong hold is destroyed.

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Original-language editions

WLC
הֵילִ֖ילוּ אֳנִיּ֣וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ כִּ֥י שֻׁדַּ֖ד מָעֻזְּכֶֽן׃
LXX-Br
Ὀλολύξατε πλοῖα Καρχηδόνος, ὅτι ἀπόλωλε τὸ ὀχύρωμα ὑμῶν.

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📍 Tarshish◆ Prophecies of Isaiah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 23:1This 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.
  • Ezekiel 27:25–30The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea. Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the…
  • Revelation 18:11–19And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds…
  • Isaiah 23:6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
  • Isaiah 2:16against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.

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