Isaiah 23:1

The Passion Translation

A prophecy for Tyre and Sidon: Wail, you cargo ships of Tarshish! For Tyre, your port city, has fallen without a house or a harbor! Word has come to them from the land of Cyprus.

Cross References

Genesis 10:4

The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Cyprus, and Rhodes.

Psalm 48:7

Like a hurricane blowing and breaking the invading ships, God blows upon them and breaks them to pieces.

Isaiah 15:8

From one end of the land to the other, Moab is weeping; her wailing reaches to Eglaim and Beer-Elim.

Isaiah 2:16

against all the trading ships of Tarshish and all the impressive sailing vessels.

Isaiah 23:12

He said, “Fair Sidon, the oppressed one, your celebrating is over. Rise and cross over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.”

Isaiah 23:6

Cross over to Tarshish. Wail, you inhabitants of the coast.

Isaiah 24:10

The city lies in chaos, and no one can enter.

Isaiah 60:9

Indeed, the distant islands eagerly look for me, with their large ships leading the way. They are bringing Zion’s children from afar. They come with offerings of silver and gold to honor the name of Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you!”

Jeremiah 2:10

“Go off to the Greek islands and investigate for yourselves. Take a close look at Kedar also and observe very carefully. Has there ever been anything as disgusting as this?

Jeremiah 25:15

Yahweh, Israel’s God, spoke these words to me: “Jeremiah, take this cup from my hand; it is the cup of the wine of my wrath. Make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.

Jeremiah 25:22

the kings of Tyre, the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the Mediterranean lands.

Jeremiah 47:4

For the day has come for all the Philistines to be destroyed, for Tyre and Sidon to be stripped of every ally they have left. Yes, Yahweh is destroying the Philistines, the survivors from the Isle of Crete.

Ezekiel 26:1

On the first day of the month in the eleventh year of our captivity, Yahweh spoke to me and said:

Ezekiel 26:2

“Son of man, the people of Tyre have been cheering the demise of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Hooray! She is fallen! The Gateway to the Nations is shattered! An opportunity has swung open for us. Now we will grow rich off her destruction!’

Ezekiel 27:30

They will wail aloud over you and weep bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads in mourning and lie in ashes.

Ezekiel 27:6

They made your oars from oaks of Bashan, and made you a fine deck with pines they took from the coasts of Cyprus, and they decorated it with ivory.

Daniel 11:30

Roman ships will oppose him, and he will lose heart. He will retreat and take out his indignation against the holy covenant and show favor to those who forsake that holy covenant.

Luke 10:13

“How disastrous it will be for the city of Korazin! How horrible for the city of Bethsaida! For if the powerful miracles that I performed in Korazin and Bethsaida had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have humbled themselves, repented, and turned from their sins.

Joshua 19:29

The boundary then turned back toward Ramah and went to the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah and came out at the sea in the region of Achzib,