Isaiah 23:6

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Isaiah 23:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”

5 When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.

6 Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!

7 Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?

8 Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Isaiah 23:10

Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.

Isaiah 23:12

He 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 21:15

For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

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.

Isaiah 23:2

Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.

Isaiah 16:7

Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.