Isaiah 23:14
What does Isaiah 23:14 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 23:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish: because your strong place is made waste.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For your strength hath been destroyed.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Howl, O ye ships of the sea, for your strength is laid waste.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Howl, ships of Tarshish! for your fortress is laid waste.
Context
v.13Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: this people was not; the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness; they set up their towers; they overthrew the palaces thereof; they made it a ruin.
v.14This passage
v.15And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it shall be unto Tyre as in the song of the harlot.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 23:1
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
- Isaiah 23:6
Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast.
- Ezekiel 27:25
The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy merchandise: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the seas.
- Isaiah 2:16
and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant imagery.
- Revelation 18:11
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buyeth their merchandise any more;
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