Isaiah 2:16

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for all the large ships, for all the impressive ships.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 10:22 : 22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
  • Isa 23:1 : 1 The Lord Will Judge Tyre This is an oracle about Tyre: Wail, you large ships, for the port is too devastated to enter! From the land of Cyprus this news is announced to them.
  • Isa 60:9 : 9 Indeed, the coastlands look eagerly for me, the large ships are in the lead, bringing your sons from far away, along with their silver and gold, to honor the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has bestowed honor on you.
  • Rev 18:11 : 11 Then the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo any longer–
  • Rev 18:17-19 : 17 because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!” And every ship’s captain, and all who sail along the coast– seamen, and all who make their living from the sea, stood a long way off 18 and began to shout when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up,“Who is like the great city?” 19 And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning,“Woe, Woe, O great city– in which all those who had ships on the sea got rich from her wealth– because in a single hour she has been destroyed!”
  • 1 Kgs 22:48-49 : 48 Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber. 49 Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat,“Let my sailors join yours in the fleet,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
  • Ps 47:7 : 7 For God is king of the whole earth! Sing a well-written song!
  • Num 33:52 : 52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 2:11-15
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    82%

    11Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

    12Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud– they will be humiliated;

    13for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are so high and mighty, for all the oaks of Bashan;

    14for all the tall mountains, for all the high hills,

    15for every high tower, for every fortified wall,

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    24They traded with you choice garments, purple clothes and embroidered work, and multicolored carpets, bound and reinforced with cords; these were among your merchandise.

    25The ships of Tarshish were the transports for your merchandise.“‘So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas.

    26Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

    27Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains, your ship’s carpenters, your merchants, and all your fighting men within you, along with all your crew who are in you, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.

    28At the sound of your captains’ cry the waves will surge;

    29They will descend from their ships– all who handle the oar, the sailors and all the sea captains– they will stand on the land.

  • Isa 2:17-18
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    17Proud men will be humiliated, arrogant men will be brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

    18The worthless idols will be completely eliminated.

  • 14Wail, you large ships, for your fortress is destroyed!

  • 7With an east wind you shatter the large ships.

  • 1The Lord Will Judge Tyre This is an oracle about Tyre: Wail, you large ships, for the port is too devastated to enter! From the land of Cyprus this news is announced to them.

  • 26The ships travel there, and over here swims the whale you made to play in it.

  • 12“‘Tarshish was your trade partner because of your abundant wealth; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your products.

  • 9Indeed, the coastlands look eagerly for me, the large ships are in the lead, bringing your sons from far away, along with their silver and gold, to honor the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has bestowed honor on you.

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    16All the princes of the sea will vacate their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you.

    17They will sing this lament over you:“‘How you have perished– you have vanished from the seas, O renowned city, once mighty in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror!

    18Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.’

  • Ezek 27:3-7
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    3Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance of the sea, merchant to the peoples on many coasts,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘O Tyre, you have said,“I am perfectly beautiful.”

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

    5They crafted all your planks out of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast.

    6They made your oars from oaks of Bashan; they made your deck with cypress wood from the coasts of Cyprus.

    7Fine linen from Egypt, woven with patterns, was used for your sail to serve as your banner; blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah was used for your deck’s awning.

  • 6Travel to Tarshish! Wail, you residents of the coast!

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    33When your products went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with the abundance of your wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth.

    34Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your company have sunk along with you.

    35All the inhabitants of the coastlands are shocked at you, and their kings are horribly afraid– their faces are troubled.

  • 34And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.

  • Isa 23:8-11
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    8Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth?

    9The LORD of Heaven’s Armies planned it– to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth.

    10Daughter Tarshish, travel back to your land, as one crosses the Nile; there is no longer any marketplace in Tyre.

    11The LORD stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook kingdoms; he gave the order to destroy Canaan’s fortresses.

  • 21Instead the LORD will rule there as our mighty king. Rivers and wide streams will flow through it; no war galley will enter; no large ships will sail through.

  • 12The fortified city(along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.

  • 23Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters.

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

    10you animals and all you cattle, you creeping things and birds,

  • 22all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon; all the kings of the coastlands along the sea;

  • 4They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.

  • 12They will steal your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. Your stones, your trees, and your soil he will throw into the water.

  • 21The king had a fleet of large merchant ships manned by Huram’s men that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

  • 36They agreed to make large seagoing merchant ships; they built the ships in Ezion Geber.

  • 22Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

  • 9The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were within you, mending cracks; all the ships of the sea and their mariners were within you to trade for your merchandise.

  • 17because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!” And every ship’s captain, and all who sail along the coast– seamen, and all who make their living from the sea, stood a long way off

  • 17Look, the LORD will throw you far away, you mere man! He will wrap you up tightly.