Isaiah 23:12

Good News Translation

City of Sidon, your happiness has ended, and your people are oppressed. Even if they escape to Cyprus, they will still not be safe.

Cross References

Genesis 10:4

The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes;

Genesis 49:13

“Zebulun will live beside the sea. His shore will be a haven for ships. His territory will reach as far as Sidon.

Isaiah 23:7

Can this be the joyful city of Tyre, founded so long ago? Is this the city that sent settlers across the sea to establish colonies?

Isaiah 37:22

the Lord had said, “The city of Jerusalem laughs at you, Sennacherib, and makes fun of you.

Isaiah 47:1

The Lord says, “Babylon, come down from your throne, and sit in the dust on the ground. You were once like a virgin, a city unconquered, but you are soft and delicate no longer! You are now a slave!

Isaiah 47:5

The Lord says to Babylon, “Sit in silence and darkness; no more will they call you the queen of nations!

Jeremiah 14:17

The Lord commanded me to tell the people about my sorrow and to say: “May my eyes flow with tears day and night, may I never stop weeping, for my people are deeply wounded and are badly hurt.

Jeremiah 2:10

Go west to the island of Cyprus, and send someone eastward to the land of Kedar. You will see that nothing like this has ever happened before.

Jeremiah 46:11

People of Egypt, go to Gilead and look for medicine! All your medicine has proved useless; nothing can heal you.

Lamentations 1:15

“The Lord laughed at all my strongest soldiers; He sent an army to destroy my young men. He crushed my people like grapes in a wine press.

Lamentations 1:3

Judah's people are helpless slaves, forced away from home. They live in other lands, with no place to call their own— Surrounded by enemies, with no way to escape.

Lamentations 4:15

“Get away!” people shouted. “You're defiled! Don't touch me!” So they wandered from nation to nation, welcomed by no one.

Ezekiel 27:6

They took oak trees from Bashan to make oars; They made your deck out of pine from Cyprus And inlaid it with ivory.

Daniel 11:30

The Romans will come in ships and oppose him, and he will be frightened. “Then he will turn back in a rage and try to destroy the religion of God's people. He will follow the advice of those who have abandoned that religion.

Numbers 24:24

Invaders will sail from Cyprus; They will conquer Assyria and Eber, But they, in turn, will perish forever.”

Joshua 11:8

The Lord gave the Israelites victory over them; the Israelites attacked and pursued them as far north as Misrephoth Maim and Sidon, and as far east as the valley of Mizpah. The fight continued until none of the enemy was left alive.

Revelation 18:22

The music of harps and of human voices, of players of the flute and the trumpet, will never be heard in you again! No workman in any trade will ever be found in you again; and the sound of the millstone will be heard no more!