Isaiah 23:1

New Living Translation

This message came to me concerning Tyre: Wail, you trading ships of Tarshish, for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone! The rumors you heard in Cyprus are all true.

Cross References

Genesis 10:4

The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

1 Kings 10:22

The king had a fleet of trading ships of Tarshish that sailed with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the ships returned, loaded with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

1 Kings 22:48

Jehoshaphat also built a fleet of trading ships to sail to Ophir for gold. But the ships never set sail, for they met with disaster in their home port of Ezion-geber.

1 Kings 5:1

King Hiram of Tyre had always been a loyal friend of David. When Hiram learned that David’s son Solomon was the new king of Israel, he sent ambassadors to congratulate him.

2 Chronicles 9:21

The king had a fleet of trading ships of Tarshish manned by the sailors sent by Hiram. Once every three years the ships returned, loaded with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

Psalm 48:7

You destroyed them like the mighty ships of Tarshish shattered by a powerful east wind.

Isaiah 15:8

A cry of distress echoes through the land of Moab from one end to the other— from Eglaim to Beer-elim.

Isaiah 2:16

He will destroy all the great trading ships and every magnificent vessel.

Isaiah 23:12

He says, “Never again will you rejoice, O daughter of Sidon, for you have been crushed. Even if you flee to Cyprus, you will find no rest.”

Isaiah 23:6

Send word now to Tarshish! Wail, you people who live in distant lands!

Isaiah 24:10

The city writhes in chaos; every home is locked to keep out intruders.

Isaiah 60:9

They are ships from the ends of the earth, from lands that trust in me, led by the great ships of Tarshish. They are bringing the people of Israel home from far away, carrying their silver and gold. They will honor the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has filled you with splendor.

Jeremiah 2:10

“Go west and look in the land of Cyprus; go east and search through the land of Kedar. Has anyone ever heard of anything as strange as this?

Jeremiah 25:15

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup filled to the brim with my anger, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.

Jeremiah 25:22

and the kings of Tyre and Sidon, and the kings of the regions across the sea.

Jeremiah 47:4

“The time has come for the Philistines to be destroyed, along with their allies from Tyre and Sidon. Yes, the Lord is destroying the remnant of the Philistines, those colonists from the island of Crete.

Ezekiel 26:1

On February 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:

Ezekiel 26:2

“Son of man, Tyre has rejoiced over the fall of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Ha! She who was the gateway to the rich trade routes to the east has been broken, and I am the heir! Because she has been made desolate, I will become wealthy!’

Ezekiel 27:30

They cry aloud over you and weep bitterly. They throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.

Ezekiel 27:6

They carved your oars from the oaks of Bashan. Your deck of pine from the coasts of Cyprus was inlaid with ivory.

Daniel 11:30

For warships from western coastlands will scare him off, and he will withdraw and return home. But he will vent his anger against the people of the holy covenant and reward those who forsake the covenant.

Jonah 1:3

But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to Tarshish.

Numbers 24:24

Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will oppress Assyria and afflict Eber, but they, too, will be utterly destroyed.”

Luke 10:13

“What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.

Joshua 19:29

Then the boundary turned toward Ramah and the fortress of Tyre, where it turned toward Hosah and came to the Mediterranean Sea. The territory also included Mehebel, Aczib,