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The Burden against Tyre

Isaiah 23:6

In 11 translations

BSB
Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
KJV
Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
WEB
Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coast!
ASV
Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast.
LSV
Pass over to Tarshish, howl, you inhabitants of the island,
YLT
Pass over to Tarshish, howl, ye inhabitants of the isle,
DBY
Pass over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast!
DRC
Pass over the seas, howl, ye inhabitants of the island.
GNV
Goe you ouer to Tarshish: howle, yee that dwell in the yles.
JPS
Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast-land.
LXXE
Depart ye to Carthage; howl, ye that dwell in this island.

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Original-language editions

WLC
עִבְר֖וּ תַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה הֵילִ֖ילוּ יֹ֥שְׁבֵי אִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Ἀπέλθατε εἰς Καρχηδόνα, ὀλολύξατε οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν τῇ νήσῳ ταύτῃ.

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📍 Tarshish◆ Prophecies of Isaiah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.”
  • 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.
  • Isaiah 23:10Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
  • 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.
  • Isaiah 23:1–2This 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. Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of…

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