Isaiah 23:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

He said, “Daughter Sidon, you have been hurt badly, so you will no longer rejoice like a bride. Go ahead, go to Cyprus for help, but you will not find a place to rest there either.”

Cross References

Revelation 18:22

O Babylon, the music of people playing harps and other instruments, flutes and trumpets will never be heard in you again. No worker doing any job will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again.

Isaiah 47:1

“Fall down and sit in the dirt, Virgin Daughter Babylon. You have no throne, so sit on the ground, daughter of the Chaldeans. You are not the ruler now. You are no longer the beautiful young princess that people said you were.

Ezekiel 27:6

They used oak trees from Bashan to make your oars. They used pine trees from Cyprus to make the cabin on your deck. They decorated that shelter with ivory.

Lamentations 4:15

People shouted, “Go away! Go away! Don’t touch us.” They wandered around and had no home. People in other nations said, “We don’t want them to live with us.”

Lamentations 1:15

“The Lord rejected all my powerful men who were inside the city. Then he brought a group of people against me. He brought them to kill my young soldiers. The Lord has trampled his dearest city like grapes in a winepress.

Lamentations 1:3

Judah suffered very much, and then she was taken into captivity. She lives among other nations but has found no rest. The people who chased her caught her where there was no way out.

Jeremiah 46:11

“Egypt, go to Gilead and get some medicine. You will make up many medicines, but they will not help. You will not be healed.

Jeremiah 14:17

“Jeremiah, speak this message to the people of Judah: ‘My eyes fill with tears night and day without stopping. I cry for my virgin daughter, and for my dear people, because someone hit them and crushed them. They have been hurt very badly.

Isaiah 47:5

“So Babylon, sit down and shut up. Daughter of the Chaldeans, go into the dark prison. You will no longer be ‘The Queen of the Kingdoms.’

Isaiah 37:22

“So this is the Lord’s message against Sennacherib: ‘The virgin daughter Zion does not think you are important. She makes fun of you. Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head at you and laughs behind your back.

Isaiah 23:7

Can this be that happy city that was founded so long ago? Is it that same city whose people traveled so far to settle other lands?

Joshua 11:8

The Lord allowed Israel to defeat them. The army of Israel defeated them and chased them to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Valley of Mizpah in the east. The army of Israel fought until none of the enemy was left alive.

Numbers 24:24

Ships will come from Cyprus. They will defeat Assyria and Eber, but those ships will also be destroyed.”

Genesis 49:13

“Zebulun will live near the sea. His seacoast will be a safe place for ships. His land will continue as far as the city of Sidon.

Jeremiah 2:10

Go across the sea to the Islands of Kittim. Send someone to the land of Kedar. Look very carefully. See if anyone has ever done anything like this.

Daniel 11:30

Ships from Cyprus will come and fight against the northern king. He will see those ships coming and be afraid. Then he will turn back and take out his anger on the holy agreement. He will turn back and help those who stopped following the holy agreement.

Genesis 10:4

Javan’s sons were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.