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Isaiah Chapter 23

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ISAIAH

Isaiah 23

1The prophecy concerning Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste; No house, no entrance is left! From the land of the Chittaeans were the tidings brought to them.
Joel 3:4, Joel 3:8, Joel 3:4, Joel 3:8, Amos 1:9
2Be amazed, ye inhabitants of the sea-coast, Which the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, did crowd!
Isaiah 47:5, Isaiah 47:5, Psalms 46:10, Ezekiel 27:3, Ezekiel 27:4
3Upon the wide waters, the corn of the Nile, The harvest of the river, was her revenue; She was the mart of the 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 fortress of the sea hath spoken thus: "I have not travailed, nor brought forth children; I have not nourished youths, nor brought up virgins."
Revelation 18:23, Revelation 18:23, Jeremiah 47:3, Jeremiah 47:4, Genesis 10:19
5When the tidings shall reach Egypt, They shall be filled with anguish at the tidings concerning Tyre.
Exodus 15:14, Exodus 15:16, Joshua 2:9, Joshua 2:11, Exodus 15:14
6Pass ye over to Tarshish; Howl, ye inhabitants of the sea-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? Now her own feet bear her To sojourn far away.
Isaiah 22:2, Isaiah 22:2, Ecclesiastes 10:7, Isaiah 47:1, Isaiah 47:2
8Who hath purposed this against Tyre, The dispenser of crowns, Whose merchants are princes, Whose traders the nobles 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 bring down the pride of all glory, To humble the nobles of the earth.
Isaiah 13:11, James 4:6, Isaiah 13:11, James 4:6, Job 40:11
10Go over thy land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish! Now thy bonds are broken.
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 made the kingdoms tremble; Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan To destroy her strong holds.
Zechariah 9:3, Zechariah 9:4, Zechariah 9:3, Zechariah 9:4, Exodus 14:21
12He hath said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, Thou ravished virgin, daughter of Sidon! Arise, pass over to the Chittaeans; Yet 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 Chaldaeans, Who, not long ago, were not a people,—The Assyrian assigned it to the inhabitants of the wilderness,—They raise their watch-towers; They destroy her palaces; They make her a heap of ruins.
Habakkuk 1:6, Ezra 4:9, Ezra 4:10, Isaiah 10:5, Genesis 2:14
14Howl, ye ships of Tarshish! For your stronghold is destroyed.
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; But at the end of seventy years It shall be with Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
Jeremiah 25:22, Jeremiah 25:22, Daniel 7:14, Daniel 8:21, Jeremiah 25:9
16"Take thy lyre, go about the city, O harlot, long forgotten; Make sweet melody; sing many songs, That thou mayst again be remembered!"
Jeremiah 30:14, Proverbs 7:10, Proverbs 7:12, Jeremiah 30:14, Proverbs 7:10
17At the end of seventy years shall Jehovah show regard to Tyre, And she shall return to her hire, And play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world, That are upon the face of the earth.
Nahum 3:4, Nahum 3:4, Ezekiel 27:6, Ezekiel 27:36, Ezekiel 27:6
18But her gain and her hire shall be holy to Jehovah; It shall not be treasured, nor laid up in store; But it shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah, For abundant food, and for splendid clothing.
Psalms 72:10, Psalms 72:10, Philippians 4:17, Philippians 4:18, Deuteronomy 26:12

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