Isaiah 23:6 “Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!”

Isaiah 23:6

Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.

World English Bible

Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coast!

American Standard Version

Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast.

Geneva Bible 1599

Goe you ouer to Tarshish: howle, yee that dwell in the yles.

Darby Translation

Pass over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast!

Young's Literal Translation

Pass over to Tarshish, howl, ye inhabitants of the isle,

Bible in Basic English

Go over to Tarshish; give cries of sorrow, O men of the sea-land.

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Cross references

“Pass”

Isaiah 23:12 Isaiah 23:10 Isaiah 21:15

Isaiah 23:12 · BSB

He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus— even there you will find no rest.”

Isaiah 23:10 · BSB

Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.

Isaiah 21:15 · BSB

For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

“howl”

Isaiah 16:7 Isaiah 23:1 Isaiah 23:2

Isaiah 16:7 · BSB

Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.

Isaiah 23:1 · BSB

This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.

Isaiah 23:2 · BSB

Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.

7Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?

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