Isaiah 23:1 Cross References - NSB

¹ Wail, O ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus (Kittim) word has come to them.

⁴ The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim (Dodanim).

²⁴ »Ships will come from the coast of Kittim. They will afflict Asshur and will afflict Eber. They will also come to destruction.«

²⁹ The boundary turned to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and then the boundary turned to Hosah; it ended at the sea near Achzib.

¹ When King Hiram of Tyre heard that Solomon succeeded his father as king he sent ambassadors to Solomon. He had always been a friend of David's.

²² For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and apes (monkeys) and peacocks.

⁴⁸ King Jehoshaphat had ocean-going ships built to sail to the land of Ophir for gold. They were wrecked at Eziongeber and never sailed.

²¹ The king had ships going to Tarshish with Huram’s sailors. Once every three years the Tarshish ships would bring gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.

⁷ You break the ships of Tarshish using the east wind.

¹⁶ and also against all the large ships of Tarshish and all the beautiful boats.

¹ Surely in a night Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined. Certainly in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined. ² They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Everyone's head is bald and every beard is cut off.

⁸ Everywhere at Moab's borders the sound of crying is heard. It is heard at the towns of Eglaim and Beerelim.

¹² He said: »You will exult no more, O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.«

¹⁰ The ruined city lies desolate. The entrance to every house is barred and none may enter.

¹⁰ »Go over to the coasts of Cyprus (Kittim), and see. Send someone to Kedar and observe closely. See if there has ever been such a thing as this.

⁹ »Surely the coastlands wait with hope for me. The ships from Tarshish are the first to bring your children from far away. They bring their silver and their gold with them to honor the name of Jehovah your God, the Holy One of Israel, because he has honored you.

¹⁰ »I will take from them the sounds of joy and happiness, the sounds of brides and grooms, the sound of mills, and the light of lamps. ¹¹ »This whole land will be ruined and become a wasteland. These nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.«’

¹⁵ »This is what Jehovah the God of Israel said to me: ‘Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my fury, and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink from it.

²² all the kings of Tyre and Sidon, and the kings on the seacoast;

⁴ The time has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon any Philistine who might have escaped to get help. Jehovah will destroy the Philistines and anyone who is left from the island of Crete.

¹ Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of Jehovah came to me: ² »Son of man, because Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has opened to me. I will be filled, now that she is laid waste.’ ³ »Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: ‘I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. ⁴ »‘They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her debris from her and make her a bare rock.

¹⁵ »‘»Your behavior was perfect from the time you were created, until evil was found in you. ¹⁶ »‘»By the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. Therefore I have cast you as profane from the mountain of God. I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. ¹⁷ »‘»Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground. I put you before kings, that they may see you. ¹⁸ »‘»By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you. It has consumed you. I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the eyes of all who see you. ¹⁹ »‘»All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you. You have become terrified. You will cease to be forever.«’« ²⁰ The word of Jehovah came to me, He said: ²¹ »Son of man, set your face (pay attention) toward Sidon, prophesy against her. ²² »You must say,, The Lord Jehovah says: »I am against you, O Sidon! I will be glorified in your midst. Then they will know that I am Jehovah when I execute judgments in her. I will manifest my holiness in her. ²³ »‘For I will send pestilence to her and blood to her streets. The wounded will fall in her midst by the sword upon her on every side. Then they will know that I am Jehovah. ²⁴ »‘There will be no more prickling brier or a painful thorn for the house of Israel from any round about them who scorned them. Then they will know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

⁵ »‘She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea. I have spoken, declares the Lord Jehovah. She will become spoil for the nations.’ ⁶ »‘Her daughters on the mainland will be killed by the sword. They will know that I am Jehovah.’ ⁷ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He is king of kings. He has many horses, chariots, cavalry and a great army. ⁸ ‘»He will slay your daughters on the mainland with the sword. He will make siege walls against you, cast up a ramp against you and raise up a large shield against you. ⁹ »‘He will direct the blow of his battering rams against your walls. He will break down your towers with his axes. ¹⁰ »‘Dust raised by the vast number of his horses will cover you. The noise of cavalry, wagons and chariots will shake your walls. He will enter your gates as men enter a city that is breached. ¹¹ »‘The hoofs of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword and your strong pillars will come down to the ground. ¹² »‘They will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. They will throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water.’ ¹³ »‘So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will be heard no more. ¹⁴ »‘I will make you a bare rock. You will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more, for I Jehovah have spoken,’ declares the Lord Jehovah. ¹⁵ »The Lord Jehovah says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst? ¹⁶ ‘»Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you. ¹⁷ ‘»They will take up a lamentation over you and say to you: »‘»How you have perished, O inhabited one, from the seas, O renowned city. You were mighty on the sea. She and her inhabitants imposed her terror on all her inhabitants! ¹⁸ »‘»Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall. Yes, the coastlands by the sea will be terrified at your passing.«’ ¹⁹ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, ²⁰ then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit (grave), to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth. It will be like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit (grave), so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living. ²¹ »I will bring terrors on you and you will be no more. Though you will be sought, you will never be found again,’ declares the Lord Jehovah.«

¹ Jehovah’s word continued to come to me: ² »You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre. ³ Say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, thus says the Lord Jehovah: »‘O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’ ⁴ »Your borders are in the heart of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty. ⁵ »They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. ⁶ »Of oaks from Bashan they have made your oars. With ivory they have inlaid your deck with cypress wood from the coastlands of Cyprus. ⁷ »Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt. It became your distinguishing mark. Your awning was blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah. ⁸ »‘»The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers. Your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard. They were your pilots. ⁹ »‘»The elders of Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your seams. All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise. ¹⁰ »‘»Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you. They set forth your splendor. ¹¹ »‘»People from Arvad and Helech were tower guards all around your walls. They made your beauty perfect. ¹² People from Tarshish traded with you because you were so very rich. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise. ¹³ »‘»Japan, Tubal and Meshech were your traders. They paid for your merchandise with the lives of men and vessels of bronze. ¹⁴ »‘»Those from Beth-togarmah gave horses and warhorses and mules for your wares. ¹⁵ »‘»The sons of Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were your market; ivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment. ¹⁶ »‘»Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods. They paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies. ¹⁷ »‘»Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded with the wheat of Minnith. Cakes, honey, oil and balm were paid for your merchandise. ¹⁸ »‘»Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool. ¹⁹ »‘»Vedan and Javan paid for your wares from Uzal. Wrought iron, cassia and sweet cane were among your merchandise. ²⁰ »‘»Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. ²¹ »‘»Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers for lambs, rams and goats. ²² »‘»The traders of Sheba and Raamah traded with you. They paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of spices, and with all kinds of precious stones and gold. ²³ »‘»Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad traded with you. ²⁴ »‘»They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.

¹ Jehovah continued to speak to me: ² »Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »‘»In your arrogance you say, ‘I am a god (strong deity). I sit on God's throne in the sea.’ But you are only human and not a god, although you think you are a god. (2 Thes 2:4) ³ ‘»You think that you are wiser than Daniel and that no secret can be hidden from you. ⁴ ‘»Because you are wise and understanding, you have made yourself rich. You saved gold and silver in your treasuries. ⁵ ‘»Because of your great skill in trading, you have made yourself very wealthy. You have become arrogant because of your wealth.’« ⁶ ‘»Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: Because you have made your heart like (consider yourself to be like) the heart of God, ⁷ ‘»I will bring strangers, ruthless nations, upon you. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor. ⁸ ‘»They will throw you into a pit. You will die a violent death in the sea. ⁹ ‘»You will no longer say that you are a god when you face those who kill you. You will be a human, not a god, in the hands of those who kill you.«’ ¹⁰ ‘»You will die at the hands of foreigners like a godless person.’ I have spoken, declares Jehovah.« ¹¹ Jehovah continued to speak his word to me: ¹² »Son of man, sing a funeral song for the ruler of Tyre. Tell him: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »‘»You were the perfect example, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. ¹³ »‘»You were in Eden, God's garden. You were covered with every kind of precious stone: red quartz, topaz, crystal, beryl, jade, onyx, gray quartz, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your settings and your sockets were made of gold when you were created. ¹⁴ »‘»I appointed an angel to guard you. You were on God's holy mountain. You walked among fiery stones.

³⁰ »For ships of Kittim will come against him. He will be grieved and will return. He will have indignation against the holy covenant and will do what he pleases. He will even return, and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.

⁴ »What are you to me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you pay recompense (compensation) to me? If you pay recompense to me swiftly and speedily, will I return your recompense upon your own head? ⁵ »You have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my precious treasures into your temples. ⁶ »You sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks. You remove them far from their border. ⁷ »Behold, I will arouse them out of the place where you sold them and will return your recompense upon your head. ⁸ »I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah. And they will sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off: for Jehovah has spoken it.

⁹ Jehovah continued: »For the many transgressions of Tyre I will not withdraw punishment! They captured all the people and delivered them to Edom. They did not remember the brotherly covenant. ¹⁰ »I will send fire on the walls of Tyre. It will devour the palaces.«

² »Hamath and all that borders on it, including Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise. ³ »Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. ⁴ »Behold! Jehovah will evict her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.

¹⁷ »'In one hour these great riches came to nothing.' Every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood far off, ¹⁸ »and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying: 'What city is like this great city!' ¹⁹ »They threw dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying: 'Woe, woe to the great city. All that had ships in the sea became rich by her wealth. In one hour she was made desolate.'

²² »The sound of harp players, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, will not be heard anymore in you. No craftsman will be found in you. The sound of a millstone will not be heard in you anymore. ²³ »There will no longer be the light of a candle in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you. Your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your spiritistic practice all nations were deceived.