New International Version
Isaiah 23:14
14Wail, you ships of Tarshish; your fortress is destroyed!
Isaiah 23:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For your strength is laid waste.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Wail, you ships of Tarshish, for your harbor is destroyed!
Context of Isaiah 23:14
12He said, “No more of your reveling, Virgin Daughter Sidon, now crushed! “Up, cross over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.” 13Look at the land of the Babylonians, this people that is now of no account! The Assyrians have made it a place for desert creatures; they raised up their siege towers, they stripped its fortresses bare and turned it into a ruin. Wail, you ships of Tarshish; your fortress is destroyed! 15At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the span of a king’s life. But at the end of these seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute: 16“Take up a harp, walk through the city, you forgotten prostitute; play the harp well, sing many a song, so that you will be remembered.”
Read all of Isaiah 23Isaiah 23:14 word by word
הֵילִ֖ילוּ אֳנִיּ֣וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ כִּ֥י שֻׁדַּ֖ד מָעֻזְּכֶֽן׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 23:14
- Isaiah 23:1A prophecy against Tyre: Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus word has come to them.
- Ezekiel 27:25“ ‘The ships of Tarshish serve as carriers for your wares. You are filled with heavy cargo as you sail the sea.
- Revelation 18:11“The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore—
Commentaries on Isaiah 23:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Howl, ye shops - The Prophet Ezekiel hath enlarged upon this part of the same subject with great force and elegance: - "Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Tyre: - At the sound of thy fall, at the cry of the wounded, At the great slaughter in the midst of thee, shall not the islands tremble? And shall not all the princes of the sea descend from their thrones, And lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments? They shall clothe…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14“Howl Isaiah 23:1. For your strength - That which has been your support and strength; to wit, Tyre (compare Ezekiel 26:15-18).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-18Tyre was a wealthy seaport northwest of Israel. The connection between Judah and Tyre dates back to the time of David and Solomon (1 Kings 5:8–9). Tyre was near large forests and the Mediterranean Sea. It was a major trade center in the ancient Near East. Its ships were famous, and its colonies gave it great prestige and wealth. The city faced repeated attacks by the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Macedonians, and Alexander the Great conquered it in 332 BC…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. strength--stronghold (compare Eze 26:15-18).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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