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Isaiah 23:11 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He has stretched out his hand over the sea. He has shaken the kingdoms. The LORD has ordered the destruction of Canaan’s strongholds. "

Isaiah 23:11

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9 The LORD of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

10 Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.

11 He has stretched out his hand over the sea. He has shaken the kingdoms. The LORD has ordered the destruction of Canaan’s strongholds.

12 He said, “You shall rejoice no more, you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Kittim. Even there you will have no rest.”

13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans. This people didn’t exist. The Assyrians founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness. They set up their towers. They overthrew its palaces. They made it a ruin.

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Isaiah 10:26

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"The LORD of Armies will stir up a scourge against him, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. His rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up like he did against Egypt."

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Zephaniah 2:13

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"He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness."

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Isaiah 28:2

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"Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong. Like a storm of hail, a destroying storm, and like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast them down to the earth with his hand."

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Zephaniah 2:5

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"Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The LORD’s word is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you until there is no inhabitant."

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Lamentations 2:5

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"The Lord has become as an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces. He has destroyed his strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah."

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Zechariah 9:3-4

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"Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets."

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From This Chapter

Isaiah 23:1

"The burden of Tyre. Howl, you 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 23:2

"Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon that pass over the sea have replenished."

Isaiah 23:3

"On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations."

Isaiah 23:4

"Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have not travailed, nor given birth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.”"

Isaiah 23:5

"When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre."

Isaiah 23:6

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

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