Isaiah 23:14

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Isaiah 23:14

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Berean Standard Bible

Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!

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KJV

King James Version

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

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WEB

World English Bible

Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!

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ASV

American Standard Version

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Isaiah 23

¹² He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”

¹³ Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.

¹⁴ Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!

¹⁵ At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

¹⁶ “Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

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