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Isaiah Chapter 23

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ISAIAH

Isaiah 23

1The burden of Tyrus. Howle, yee shippes of Tarshish: for it is destroied, so that there is none house: none shall come from the lande of Chittim: it is reueiled vnto them.
Joel 3:4, Joel 3:8, Joel 3:4, Joel 3:8, Amos 1:9
2Be still, yee that dwell in the yles: the marchantes of Zidon, and such as passe ouer the sea, haue replenished thee.
Isaiah 47:5, Isaiah 47:5, Psalms 46:10, Ezekiel 27:3, Ezekiel 27:4
3The seede of Nilus growing by the abundance of waters, and the haruest of the riuer was her reuenues, and she was a marte of the nations.
1 Chronicles 13:5, Jeremiah 2:18, 1 Chronicles 13:5, Jeremiah 2:18, Joel 3:5
4Be ashamed, thou Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, euen the strength of the sea, saying, I haue not trauailed, nor brought forth children, neither nourished yong men, nor brought vp virgins.
Revelation 18:23, Revelation 18:23, Jeremiah 47:3, Jeremiah 47:4, Genesis 10:19
5When the fame commeth to the Egyptians, they shall be sorie, concerning the rumour of Tyrus.
Exodus 15:14, Exodus 15:16, Joshua 2:9, Joshua 2:11, Exodus 15:14
6Goe you ouer to Tarshish: howle, yee that dwell in the yles.
Isaiah 23:12, Isaiah 23:12, Isaiah 21:15, Isaiah 16:7, Isaiah 23:10
7Is not this that your glorious citie? her antiquitie is of ancient daies: her owne feete shall leade her afarre off to be a soiourner.
Isaiah 22:2, Isaiah 22:2, Ecclesiastes 10:7, Isaiah 47:1, Isaiah 47:2
8Who hath decreed this against Tyrus (that crowneth men) whose marchantes are princes? whose chapmen are the nobles of the worlde?
Isaiah 36:9, Deuteronomy 29:24, Deuteronomy 29:28, Ezekiel 28:12, Ezekiel 28:18
9The Lord of hostes hath decreed this, to staine the pride of all glorie, and to bring to contempt all them that be glorious in the earth.
Isaiah 13:11, James 4:6, Isaiah 13:11, James 4:6, Job 40:11
10Passe through thy lande like a flood to the daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
Isaiah 23:14, 1 Samuel 28:20, Job 12:21, Psalms 18:32, Isaiah 23:14
11He stretched out his hand vpon the sea: he shooke the kingdomes: the Lord hath giuen a commandement concerning the place of marchandise, to destroy the power thereof.
Zechariah 9:3, Zechariah 9:4, Zechariah 9:3, Zechariah 9:4, Exodus 14:21
12And he saide, Thou shalt no more reioyce when thou art oppressed: O virgin daughter of Zidon: rise vp, goe ouer vnto Chittim: yet there thou shalt haue no rest.
Revelation 18:22, Revelation 18:22, Ezekiel 26:13, Ezekiel 26:14, Isaiah 23:1
13Behold the lande of the Caldeans: this was no people: Asshur founded it by the inhabitantes of the wildernesse: they set vp the towers thereof: they raised the palaces thereof and hee brought it to ruine.
Habakkuk 1:6, Ezra 4:9, Ezra 4:10, Isaiah 10:5, Genesis 2:14
14Howle yee shippes of Tarshish, for your strength is destroyed.
Isaiah 23:1, Isaiah 23:1, Isaiah 2:16, Isaiah 23:6, Revelation 18:11
15And in that day shall Tyrus bee forgotten seuentie yeeres, (according to the yeeres of one King) at the ende of seuentie yeeres shall Tyrus sing as an harlot.
Jeremiah 25:22, Jeremiah 25:22, Daniel 7:14, Daniel 8:21, Jeremiah 25:9
16Take an harpe and go about the citie: (thou harlot thou hast beene forgotten) make sweete melodie, sing moe songes that thou maiest be remembred.
Jeremiah 30:14, Proverbs 7:10, Proverbs 7:12, Jeremiah 30:14, Proverbs 7:10
17And at the ende of seuentie yeres shall the Lord visite Tyrus, and shee shall returne to her wages, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdomes of the earth, that are in the world.
Nahum 3:4, Nahum 3:4, Ezekiel 27:6, Ezekiel 27:36, Ezekiel 27:6
18Yet her occupying and her wages shall bee holy vnto the Lord: it shall not be laied vp nor kept in store, but her marchandise shalbe for them that dwell before the Lord, to eate sufficiently, and to haue durable clothing.
Psalms 72:10, Psalms 72:10, Philippians 4:17, Philippians 4:18, Deuteronomy 26:12

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