Isaiah 23:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

Wail, you ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

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  • Isa 23:1 : 1 The burden concerning Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish; for it is destroyed, so there is no house, no entrance: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
  • Isa 23:6 : 6 Cross over to Tarshish; wail, you inhabitants of the island.
  • Ezek 27:25-30 : 25 The ships of Tarshish sang of you in your market: and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. 26 Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas. 27 Your riches, and your markets, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your caulkers, and the occupiers of your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, and in all your company which is in the midst of you, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of your ruin. 28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots. 29 And all who handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land; 30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
  • Rev 18:11-19 : 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no one buys their merchandise any more: 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all kinds of citron wood, and all types of vessels of ivory, and all kinds of vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, 13 And cinnamon, and incense, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. 14 And the fruits that your soul longed for have departed from you, and all things which were luxurious and splendid have departed from you, and you shall find them no more at all. 15 The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, shall stand far off for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! 17 For in one hour such great riches came to nothing. And every captain, and all who travel by ship, 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 And they threw dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea were made rich by her wealth! for in one hour she is made desolate.
  • Isa 2:16 : 16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 23:1-2
    2 verses
    87%

    1The burden concerning Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish; for it is destroyed, so there is no house, no entrance: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

    2Be silent, you inhabitants of the island; you whom the merchants of Zidon, that cross over the sea, have filled.

  • Isa 23:4-8
    5 verses
    82%

    4Be ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea has spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I do not travail, nor bring forth children, neither do I rear young men, nor raise virgins.

    5As at the report concerning Egypt, so they shall be greatly pained at the report of Tyre.

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

    7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is from ancient days? her own feet shall carry her far away to sojourn.

    8Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth?

  • Isa 23:10-13
    4 verses
    81%

    10Flow through your land like a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more restraint.

    11He has stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD has given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy its strongholds.

    12And he said, You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, cross over to Chittim; there also you shall have no rest.

    13Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not till the Assyrian founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness: they set up its towers, they raised up its palaces; and he brought it to ruin.

  • Isa 23:15-17
    3 verses
    80%

    15And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as a harlot.

    16Take a harp, go about the city, you harlot that has been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.

    17And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her wages, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

  • Ezek 26:14-18
    5 verses
    79%

    14And I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place to spread nets upon; you shall be built no more; for I the LORD have spoken it, says the Lord GOD.

    15Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre: Shall not the isles shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in your midst?

    16Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes and put off their embroidered garments; they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground and tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.

    17And they shall take up a lamentation for you, and say to you: 'How are you destroyed, that were inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, which was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all that haunt it!'

    18Now shall the isles tremble on the day of your fall; yes, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at your departure.

  • Ezek 27:32-36
    5 verses
    78%

    32And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, What city is like Tyre, like the one destroyed in the midst of the sea?

    33When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many people; you enriched the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.

    34In the time when you shall be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters your merchandise and all your company in the midst of you shall fall.

    35All the inhabitants of the islands shall be astonished at you, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.

    36The merchants among the peoples shall hiss at you; you shall be a terror, and never shall be any more.

  • Ezek 27:25-30
    6 verses
    78%

    25The ships of Tarshish sang of you in your market: and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

    26Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the midst of the seas.

    27Your riches, and your markets, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your caulkers, and the occupiers of your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, and in all your company which is in the midst of you, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of your ruin.

    28The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots.

    29And all who handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;

    30And shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

  • Ps 48:7
    75%

    7You break the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

  • Ezek 26:2-5
    4 verses
    74%

    2Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, 'Aha, she is broken, that was the gate of the peoples; she has turned to me; I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste.'

    3Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.

    4And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

    5It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken it, says the Lord GOD; and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

  • Ezek 26:12
    74%

    12And they shall make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise; and they shall break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses; and they shall lay your stones and your timber and your dust in the midst of the water.

  • Isa 2:16
    73%

    16And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

  • Isa 33:23
    73%

    23Your tackle is loosed; they could not strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail; then the prey of great plunder is divided, the lame take the prey.

  • Ezek 27:12
    72%

    12Tarshish was your merchant because of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in your markets.

  • Zeph 1:11
    72%

    11Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all those who handle silver are cut off.

  • Ezek 27:9
    72%

    9The elders of Gebal and its wise men were in you, your caulkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to occupy your merchandise.

  • Zech 9:4
    72%

    4Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and will strike her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

  • Num 24:24
    72%

    24And ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish forever.

  • Ezek 27:2
    72%

    2Now, you son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre;

  • Jer 25:34
    71%

    34Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow in the ashes, you leaders of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled; and you shall fall like a pleasant vessel.

  • Isa 3:26
    71%

    26And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she being desolate shall sit on the ground.

  • Jer 50:23
    71%

    23How the hammer of the whole earth is cut apart and broken! how Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!

  • Zech 11:2
    71%

    2Howl, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen; because the mighty are destroyed. Howl, O oaks of Bashan, for the forest of the vintage has come down.

  • Hos 10:14
    71%

    14Therefore a tumult shall arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be plundered, as Shalman plundered Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces on her children.

  • Isa 60:9
    70%

    9Surely the isles shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of the LORD your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He has glorified you.