Isaiah 23:3 Cross References - LEB

³ And on the great waters is the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile is its produce, and she was the merchandise of the nations.

¹⁰ For the fact is that the land _⌊that you are about to go into_⌋* to take possession of it is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have _⌊come out of_⌋,* where you sow your seed and you give water by your foot, _⌊as in a vegetable garden_⌋.*

⁵ And David summoned all Israel from Shihor of Egypt up to Lebo-Hamath to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-Jearim.

⁷ Bare places by the Nile will be dried up, by the edge of the Nile and all the sown land of the Nile; it will be driven about, and _⌊it will be no more_⌋.*

⁸ Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns,* whose merchants were princes, her traders the honored ones of the earth?

²⁰ Happy are you who sow by all waters, who let the foot of the ox and the donkey go free.

¹⁸ And now _⌊why do you go_⌋* the way of Egypt to drink the waters of the Shihor? And _⌊why do you go_⌋* the way of Assyria to drink the waters of the _⌊Euphrates_⌋?*

³ And you must say to Tyre, the one who sits at the entrance of the sea as the merchant of the peoples to the many coastlands, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Tyre, _⌊you yourself said_⌋* "I am perfect _⌊in beauty_⌋!"* ⁴ In the heart of the seas are your boundaries; your builders perfected your beauty. ⁵ They built with pine trees from Senir all of your boards for you; they took cedars from Lebanon to make a sailing mast _⌊for you_⌋.* ⁶ They made your oars with oaks from Bashan; your deck they made with inlaid ivory, with cypress trees from the coastlands of Cyprus.* ⁷ Your sail was fine linen with colorful weaving from Egypt _⌊to serve as a banner for you_⌋;* blue and purple cloth from the coastlands of Cyprus* was your awning. ⁸ The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvan were your rowers; your _⌊skilled men_⌋,* O Tyre, were _⌊from your own people_⌋,* and they were your seamen. ⁹ The elders of Gebal and its _⌊skilled men_⌋* were _⌊among you_⌋* as the repairers of the seam of your boat; all of the ships of the sea and their mariners were _⌊among you_⌋* to barter your wares. ¹⁰ Persia and Lud and Put were _⌊among your soldiers_⌋;* small shield and helmet hung _⌊among you_⌋* and gave to you your adornment. ¹¹ The people* of Arvan and Helech were on your walls all around, and Gammadites were in your towers. They hung their quivers* on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty. ¹² " 'Tarshish was your trader; from the abundance of all of their wealth, with silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your merchandise. ¹³ Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders; _⌊in exchange for people_⌋* and an object of bronze they gave you your wares. ¹⁴ From Beth Togarmah they exchanged horses and war horses and mules for your wares. ¹⁵ The people* of Dedan were trading with you, many coastlands composed the region of your _⌊influence_⌋;* they brought back horns of ivory and ebony as your payment. ¹⁶ Edom* was trading with you because of the abundance of your products, trading with malachite, purple wool yarn and colorful weaving, and fine white fabric and black corals and rubies; all these they exchange for your merchandise. ¹⁷ Judah and the land of Israel were trading with you with wheat from Minnith and millet and honey and olive oil and balm; all these they gave for your wares. ¹⁸ Damascus was trading with you _⌊because of_⌋* the abundance of your products, because of the abundance of all of your wealth, trading with the wine of Helbon and white wool. ¹⁹ Vedan and Javan from Uzal, they exchanged wrought iron, cinnamon,* and reed spice for your merchandise; all this was for your wares. ²⁰ Dedan was trading with you, with garments of woven material for riding. ²¹ Arabia and all of the leaders of Kedar were _⌊your customers_⌋;* with young rams and adult rams and goats they were trading with them with you. ²² The traders of Sheba and Raamah were trading with you, with the finest of every spice and with every precious stone and gold; they exchanged all these for your merchandise. ²³ Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traders of Sheba, Assyria, and Kilmad were trading with you.

³³ When your merchandise went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples with the abundance of your wealth, and by your wares you made rich the kings of the world.

⁴ By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gained for yourself wealth, and you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.

⁵ For you have taken my silver and my gold, and my beautiful treasures you have carried into your temples.

¹¹ And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any more— ¹² cargo of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple cloth and silk and scarlet cloth and all kinds of scented wood and all kinds of ivory goods and all kinds of goods of precious wood and bronze and iron and marble ¹³ and cinnamon and amomum* and incense and ointment and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine wheat flour and wheat and domesticated animals and sheep and horses and carriages and _⌊slaves_⌋* and human lives.