Isaiah 2:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all the fair boats.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:22 : 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 monkeys and peacocks.
  • Isa 23:1 : 1 The word about Tyre. Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish, because your strong place is made waste; on the way back from the land of Kittim the news is given to them.
  • Isa 60:9 : 9 Vessels of the sea-lands are waiting for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, so that your sons may come from far, and their silver and gold with them, to the place of the name of the Lord your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has made you beautiful.
  • Rev 18:11 : 11 And the traders of the earth are weeping and crying over her, because no man has any more desire for their goods,
  • Rev 18:17-19 : 17 For in one hour such great wealth has come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all who are sailing on the sea, and sailors and all who get their living by the sea, were watching from far away, 18 And crying out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What town is like the great town? 19 And they put dust on their heads, and were sad, weeping and crying, and saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, in which was increased the wealth of all who had their ships on the sea because of her great stores! for in one hour she is made waste.
  • 1 Kgs 22:48-49 : 48 And the representative of King Jehoshaphat made a Tarshish-ship to go to Ophir for gold, but it did not go, because it was broken at Ezion-geber. 49 Then Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, said to Jehoshaphat, Let my men go with yours in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not let them.
  • Ps 47:7 : 7 For God is the King of all the earth; make songs of praise with knowledge.
  • Num 33:52 : 52 See that all the people of the land are forced out from before you, and put to destruction all their pictured stones, and all their metal images, and all their high places:

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    24These were your traders in beautiful robes, in rolls of blue and needlework, and in chests of coloured cloth, corded with cords and made of cedar-wood, in them they did trade with you.

    25Tarshish ships did business for you in your goods: and you were made full, and great was your glory in the heart of the seas.

    26Your boatmen have taken you into great waters: you have been broken by the east wind in the heart of the seas.

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    17And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

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    14Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish: because your strong place is made waste.

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    7By you the ships of Tarshish are broken as by an east wind.

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    12Tarshish did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth; they gave silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods.

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    9Vessels of the sea-lands are waiting for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, so that your sons may come from far, and their silver and gold with them, to the place of the name of the Lord your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has made you beautiful.

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    16Then all the rulers of the sea will come down from their high seats, and put away their robes and take off their clothing of needlework: they will put on the clothing of grief, they will take their seats on the earth, shaking with fear every minute and overcome with wonder at you.

    17And they will send up a song of grief for you, and say to you, What destruction has come on you, how are you cut off from the sea, the noted town, which was strong in the sea, she and her people, causing the fear of them to come on all the dry land!

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    3And say to Tyre, O you who are seated at the doorway of the sea, trading for the peoples with the great sea-lands, these are the words of the Lord: You, O Tyre, have said, I am a ship completely beautiful.

    4Your builders have made your outlines in the heart of the seas, they have made you completely beautiful.

    5They have made all your boards of fir-trees from Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make the supports for your sails.

    6Of oak-trees from Bashan they have made your driving blades; they have made your floors of ivory and boxwood from the sea-lands of Kittim.

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    34Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.

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    10Let your land be worked with the plough, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer any harbour.

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    21But there the Lord will be with us in his glory, ... wide rivers and streams; where no boat will go with blades, and no fair ship will be sailing.

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    36Together they made ships to go to Tarshish, building them in Ezion-geber.

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    17See, O strong man, the Lord will send you violently away, gripping you with force,