Revelation 18:11 Cross References - ISV

¹¹ The world’s businesses cry and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo anymore—

¹⁴ because her profit is better than the profit of silver, and her yield than fine gold.

¹ Tyre is RebukedA message concerning Tyre. “Wail, you ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is destroyed and is without house or harbor! From the land of Cyprus it was revealed to them. ² “Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast, you merchants of Sidon, whose messengers crossed over the sea, ³ and were on mighty waters. Her revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile; and she became the marketplace of nations. ⁴ Be ashamed, Sidon, because the sea has spoken, the fortress of the sea: I have neither been in labor nor given birth, I have neither reared young men nor brought up young women.” ⁵ When the news reaches Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report about Tyre. ⁶ “You who are crossing over to Tarshish— Wail, you inhabitants of the coast! ⁷ Is this your exciting city, that was founded long ago, whose feet carried her to settle in far-off lands? ⁸ Who has planned this against Tyre, that bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the most renowned on earth? ⁹ The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has planned it— to neutralize all the hubris of grandeur, to discredit all the renowned men of earth. ¹⁰ “Cultivate your land like the Nile, you daughter of Tarshish; for there is no longer a harbor. ¹¹ He has stretched out his hand over the sea; he has made kingdoms tremble. The LORD has issued orders concerning Canaan to destroy its strongholds. ¹² And he said: ‘You will revel no longer, you virgin daughter of Sidon, now crushed. Get up, cross over to Cyprus— but even there you will find no rest.’”
¹³ Tyre’s Desolation and Restoration“Look at the land of the Chaldeans! This is a people that no longer exist; Assyria destined her for desert creatures. They raised up her siege towers, they stripped her fortresses bare and turned her into a ruin. ¹⁴ Wail, you ships of Tarshish, because your stronghold is destroyed!”
¹⁵ It will happen at that time that Tyre will be forgotten for 70 years, the span of a king’s life. Then, at the end of those 70 years, it will turn out for Tyre as in the prostitute’s song:

¹⁵ So will they be to you—those with whom you toiled and did business since your childhood— they wander about, each in his own direction; there is not one who can save you.

¹⁷ They’ll sing this mourning song for you: “How lost you are, you inhabited city, that was built in the middle of the sea! How famous you were! How strong on the sea! She and her inhabitants inflicted terror to everyone who lived within her.” ¹⁸ ‘Now the coastland inhabitants will tremble on the day that you fall. The coastland inhabitants, who make their living from the sea, will be terrified when you pass away!’
¹⁹ “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I turn your city into a ghost town, when I flood you with deep water that covers you completely, ²⁰ I’ll make sure that you go straight to the Pit, into the lowest part of the earth, where you’ll be with people who lived in ancient times. You’ll keep company there with the dead, who have gone into the Pit. As a result, your city won’t be inhabited. Meanwhile, I will display my glory in the land of the living. ²¹ I’m going to send terrifying calamity in your direction, and you won’t exist any longer. You might be sought after, but you’ll never be found again,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

²⁷ Your wealth, your products, your merchandise your sailors, your pilots, your tailors, your salesmen, all your mercenaries with you— your entire company with you— will fall into the midst of the sea on the day when you’re overthrown! ²⁸ When your ships’ captains cry out, the pasturelands along the coast will cry out! ²⁹ Everyone who handles an oar will abandon ship, they’ll head straight for dry land, ³⁰ and they will cry so loud you won’t be able to make yourself heard! How bitterly they’ll cry! They’ll throw dust on their heads and wallow in ashes. ³¹ They’ll shave their heads bald because of you. They’ll dress themselves in sackcloth and weep for you with deep bitterness of heart, with the most pitiful of mourning. ³² In the depth of their despair they’ll compose a lament for you. This is what they’ll say: ‘Who is like Tyre? Who is so silent in the midst of the sea?’ ³³ Your merchandise went out over the oceans to satisfy many nations; with the abundance of your wealth you enriched the kings of the earth. ³⁴ “But now it’s your time to be wrecked at the bottom of the sea! Your products and your workers have sunk, and so have you! ³⁵ Everyone who lives by the sea is appalled at your destruction. Their leaders are terrified— their faces reflect their fears! ³⁶ Traders circulate among the people, hissing at you. What a horror you’ve become! Now you will cease to exist forever and ever!”

¹¹ “Wail, you who live in the market district, because all of the merchants will be crushed and all of their customers will be eliminated.

¹⁸ Neither their silver nor their gold will deliver them in the Day of the LORD’s wrath; but the entire land will be consumed by the fire of his jealousy, for he will bring the inhabitants of the land to a sudden end.”

⁵ But they paid no attention to this and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

¹⁶ Then he told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!”

³ In their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. The ancient verdict against them is still in force, and their destruction is not delayed.

¹⁶ The second beast forces all people—important and unimportant, rich and poor, free and slaves—to be marked on their right hands or on their foreheads, ¹⁷ so that no one may buy or sell unless he has the mark, which is the beast’s name or the number of its name.

³ For all the nations have drunk from the wine of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her. The world’s businesses have become rich from her luxurious excesses.”

⁹ The kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality with her and lived in luxury with her, will cry and mourn over her when they see the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.

¹⁵ Frightened by the severity of her punishment, businesses that had become rich because of her will stand at a distance, crying and mourning:

²⁰ Be happy about her, heaven, saints, apostles, and prophets, for God has condemned her for you!”

²³ The light from a lamp will never shine within you again. The voice of a bridegroom and bride will never be heard within you again. For your merchants were the important people of the world, and all the nations were deceived by your witchcraft.