Isaiah 2:16

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It will come against all the ships of Tarshish and against all the beautiful vessels.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:22 : 22 The king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years, the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
  • Isa 23:1 : 1 This is a message concerning Tyre: Wail, you ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed. The news has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
  • Isa 60:9 : 9 Surely the coastlands will wait for me; the ships of Tarshish will come first, bringing your sons from afar, their silver and gold with them, for the name of the Lord your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because He has glorified you.
  • Rev 18:11 : 11 The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her, because no one buys their cargo anymore—
  • Rev 18:17-19 : 17 For in one hour such great wealth has been destroyed!' Every ship captain, all who travel by ship, sailors, and those who earn their living from the sea stood far off, 18 And they cried out as they watched the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What city is like the great city?' 19 And they threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe to the great city, in which all who owned ships at sea became rich from her wealth! For in one hour she has been laid waste.'
  • 1 Kgs 22:48-49 : 48 There was no king in Edom; a deputy ruled in place of a king. 49 Jehoshaphat built ships to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail because they were wrecked at Ezion-Geber.
  • Ps 47:7 : 7 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!
  • Num 33:52 : 52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, destroy all their stone images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

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  • Isa 2:11-15
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    11The haughty eyes of mankind will be brought low, and humanity's pride will be humbled. The Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

    12For the day of the Lord of hosts will come against all who are proud and arrogant, against all who are exalted—they will be humbled.

    13It will come against all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and against all the oaks of Bashan.

    14It will come against all the high mountains and against all the lofty hills.

    15It will come against every high tower and every fortified wall.

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    24They sold you luxurious items, embroidered blue and multicolored garments, treasures of fine clothes, bound with strong cords, packed securely for your market.

    25The ships of Tarshish carried your goods as your trading fleet. You were filled with merchandise and became glorious in the heart of the seas.

    26Your rowers brought you into deep waters, but the east wind broke you apart in the heart of the seas.

    27Your wealth, merchandise, wares, sailors, pilots, ship-repairers, merchants, and all your warriors, along with the people in your midst, will sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your ruin.

    28At the sound of the cries of your pilots, the surrounding lands will tremble.

    29All who handle the oars, the sailors, and all the seafaring captains will disembark from their ships and stand on the shore.

  • Isa 2:17-18
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    17The pride of mankind will be bowed down, and human arrogance will be humbled. The Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

    18The idols will completely vanish.

  • 14Wail, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is destroyed.

  • 7Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.

  • 1This is a message concerning Tyre: Wail, you ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed. The news has reached them from the land of Cyprus.

  • 26There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

  • 12Tarshish traded with you because of your great wealth of goods, exchanging silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.

  • 9Surely the coastlands will wait for me; the ships of Tarshish will come first, bringing your sons from afar, their silver and gold with them, for the name of the Lord your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because He has glorified you.

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    16Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed in trembling, they will sit on the ground, shuddering continually, appalled at you.

    17They will take up a lament over you and say to you: 'How you have perished, you who were inhabited by people of the seas, the renowned city, strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread terror among all who lived there.'

    18Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.

  • Ezek 27:3-7
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    3and say to Tyre, situated at the gateways of the sea, a merchant of peoples to many coastlands: 'Thus says the Lord God: Tyre, you have declared, "I am perfect in beauty."'

    4Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.

    5They made all your planks from cypress trees from Senir; they took cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

    6They crafted your oars from oaks of Bashan; they made your deck of inlaid ivory from boxwood from the coastlands of Cyprus.

    7Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your banner; blue and purple fabric from the coastlands of Elishah was your covering.

  • 6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, you inhabitants of the coastland.

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    33When your merchandise went out to the seas, you satisfied many peoples. With your abundant wealth and your goods, you enriched the kings of the earth.

    34Now that you are broken in the seas, in the depths of the waters, your goods and all your company have fallen in your midst.

    35All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you; their kings shudder with horror, their faces troubled.

  • 34You will be like one lying down in the middle of the sea, or like one lying on the top of a mast.

  • Isa 23:8-11
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    8Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were honored in the earth?

    9The LORD of Hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all glory, to humble all who are honored on the earth.

    10Overflow your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer any harbor restraining you.

    11He has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. The LORD has commanded for Canaan to be destroyed, and her strongholds laid waste.

  • 21But there the majestic LORD will be for us, a place of broad rivers and streams where no ships with oars will go, and no mighty vessel will pass.

  • 12He will demolish the high fortress of your walls, bring it down to the ground, to the very dust.

  • 23Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters.

  • Ps 148:9-10
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    9you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,

    10wild animals and all livestock, creatures that crawl and flying birds,

  • 22All the kings of Tyre and all the kings of Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea.

  • 4They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape away her soil and leave her as bare rock.

  • 12'They will plunder your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. They will throw your stones, timber, and rubble into the sea.'

  • 21The king's ships, operated with Huram’s servants, went to Tarshish once every three years. They brought back gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

  • 36He partnered with him to build ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion Geber.

  • 22The king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years, the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

  • 9The elders of Gebal and its skilled workers repaired your leaks; all the ships of the sea and their sailors came to deal in your trade.

  • 17For in one hour such great wealth has been destroyed!' Every ship captain, all who travel by ship, sailors, and those who earn their living from the sea stood far off,

  • 17Behold, the LORD is about to hurl you away violently, O strong man! He will wrap you up tightly.