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Isaiah Chapter 23

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ISAIAH

Isaiah 23

1The 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.
Joel 3:4, Joel 3:8, Joel 3:4, Joel 3:8, Amos 1:9
2Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
Isaiah 47:5, Isaiah 47:5, Psalms 46:10, Ezekiel 27:3, Ezekiel 27:4
3And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.
1 Chronicles 13:5, Jeremiah 2:18, 1 Chronicles 13:5, Jeremiah 2:18, Joel 3:5
4Be thou ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea hath spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.
Revelation 18:23, Revelation 18:23, Jeremiah 47:3, Jeremiah 47:4, Genesis 10:19
5When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
Exodus 15:14, Exodus 15:16, Joshua 2:9, Joshua 2:11, Exodus 15:14
6Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast.
Isaiah 23:12, Isaiah 23:12, Isaiah 21:15, Isaiah 16:7, Isaiah 23:10
7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn?
Isaiah 22:2, Isaiah 22:2, Ecclesiastes 10:7, Isaiah 47:1, Isaiah 47:2
8Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
Isaiah 36:9, Deuteronomy 29:24, Deuteronomy 29:28, Ezekiel 28:12, Ezekiel 28:18
9Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
Isaiah 13:11, James 4:6, Isaiah 13:11, James 4:6, Job 40:11
10Pass through thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint any more.
Isaiah 23:14, 1 Samuel 28:20, Job 12:21, Psalms 18:32, Isaiah 23:14
11He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof.
Zechariah 9:3, Zechariah 9:4, Zechariah 9:3, Zechariah 9:4, Exodus 14:21
12And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon: arise, pass over to Kittim; even there shalt thou have no rest.
Revelation 18:22, Revelation 18:22, Ezekiel 26:13, Ezekiel 26:14, Isaiah 23:1
13Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: this people was not; the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness; they set up their towers; they overthrew the palaces thereof; they made it a ruin.
Habakkuk 1:6, Ezra 4:9, Ezra 4:10, Isaiah 10:5, Genesis 2:14
14Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.
Isaiah 23:1, Isaiah 23:1, Isaiah 2:16, Isaiah 23:6, Revelation 18:11
15And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it shall be unto Tyre as in the song of the harlot.
Jeremiah 25:22, Jeremiah 25:22, Daniel 7:14, Daniel 8:21, Jeremiah 25:9
16Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
Jeremiah 30:14, Proverbs 7:10, Proverbs 7:12, Jeremiah 30:14, Proverbs 7:10
17And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
Nahum 3:4, Nahum 3:4, Ezekiel 27:6, Ezekiel 27:36, Ezekiel 27:6
18And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
Psalms 72:10, Psalms 72:10, Philippians 4:17, Philippians 4:18, Deuteronomy 26:12

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