Isaiah 23:4
Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea says this, O fortress of the sea:“I have not gone into labor or given birth; I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
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- Gen 10:15 : 15 Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, Heth,
- Gen 10:19 : 19 and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
- Jer 47:3-4 : 3 Fathers will hear the hoofbeats of the enemies’ horses, the clatter of their chariots and the rumbling of their wheels. They will not turn back to save their children because they will be paralyzed with fear. 4 For the time has come to destroy all the Philistines. The time has come to destroy all the help that remains for Tyre and Sidon. For I, the LORD, will destroy the Philistines, that remnant that came from the island of Crete.
- Ezek 26:3-6 : 3 therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against you, O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. 4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock. 5 She will be a place where fishing nets are spread, surrounded by the sea. For I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD. She will become plunder for the nations, 6 and her daughters who are in the field will be slaughtered by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
- Hos 9:11-14 : 11 The Fertility Worshipers Will Become Infertile Ephraim will be like a bird; what they value will fly away. They will not bear children– they will not enjoy pregnancy– they will not even conceive! 12 Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them. 13 Ephraim, as I have seen, has given their children for prey; Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter. 14 Give them, O LORD– what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry, and breasts that cannot nurse!
- Rev 18:23 : 23 Even the light from a lamp will never shine in you again! The voices of the bridegroom and his bride will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the tycoons of the world, because all the nations were deceived by your magic spells!
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- Isa 23:5-84 verses80%
5When the news reaches Egypt, they will be shaken by what has happened to Tyre.
6Travel to Tarshish! Wail, you residents of the coast!
7Is this really your boisterous city whose origins are in the distant past, and whose feet led her to a distant land to reside?
8Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth?
- Isa 23:1-33 verses79%
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.
2Lament, you residents of the coast, you merchants of Sidon who travel over the sea, whose agents sail over
3the deep waters! Grain from the Shihor region, crops grown near the Nile she receives; she is the trade center of the nations.
- Isa 23:10-123 verses79%
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.
12He said,“You will no longer celebrate, oppressed virgin daughter Sidon! Get up, travel to Cyprus, but you will find no relief there.”
- Ezek 27:32-354 verses73%
32As they wail they will lament over you, chanting:“Who was like Tyre, like a tower in the midst of the sea?”
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.
- Ezek 26:15-184 verses72%
15“This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst!
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.’
- Zech 9:2-43 verses71%
2as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, and Tyre and Sidon, though they consider themselves to be very wise.
3Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!
4Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications into the sea– she will be consumed by fire.
- Isa 23:14-174 verses70%
14Wail, you large ships, for your fortress is destroyed!
15At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the typical life span of a king. At the end of seventy years Tyre will try to attract attention again, like the prostitute in the popular song:
16“Take the harp, go through the city, forgotten prostitute! Play it well, play lots of songs, so you’ll be noticed!”
17At the end of seventy years the LORD will revive Tyre. She will start making money again by selling her services to all the earth’s kingdoms.
- Ezek 26:2-54 verses70%
2“Son of man, because Tyre has said about Jerusalem,‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, now that she has been destroyed,’
3therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against you, O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
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.
5She will be a place where fishing nets are spread, surrounded by the sea. For I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD. She will become plunder for the nations,
- Ezek 28:20-223 verses70%
20A Prophecy Against Sidon The LORD’s message came to me:
21“Son of man, turn toward Sidon and prophesy against it.
22Say,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Look, I am against you, Sidon, and I will magnify myself in your midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments on her and reveal my sovereign power in her.
- Ezek 27:2-43 verses70%
2“You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre.
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.
- Ezek 27:25-273 verses70%
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.
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23Judgment Against Damascus The LORD spoke about Damascus.“The people of Hamath and Arpad will be dismayed because they have heard bad news. Their courage will melt away because of worry. Their hearts will not be able to rest.
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22all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon; all the kings of the coastlands along the sea;
- Ezek 27:8-92 verses69%
8The leaders of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were your captains.
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.
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23You may feel as secure as a bird nesting in the cedars of Lebanon. But oh how you will groan when the pains of judgment come on you. They will be like those of a woman giving birth to a baby.
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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.
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9Jerusalem, why are you now shouting so loudly? Has your king disappeared? Has your wise leader been destroyed? Is this why pain grips you as if you were a woman in labor?
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13Zebulun will live by the haven of the sea and become a haven for ships; his border will extend to Sidon.
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4Why are you doing these things to me, Tyre and Sidon? Are you trying to get even with me, land of Philistia? If you are, I will very quickly repay you for what you have done!
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14They lift their voices and shout joyfully; they praise the majesty of the LORD in the west.
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4Why do you brag about your great power? Your power is ebbing away, you rebellious people of Ammon, who trust in your riches and say,‘Who would dare to attack us?’
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8She did not abandon the prostitution she had practiced in Egypt; for in her youth men went to bed with her, fondled her virgin breasts, and ravished her.