Isaiah 23:12-14
Easy-to-Read Version
12 He said, “Daughter Sidon,[a] you have been hurt badly,
so you will no longer rejoice like a bride.
Go ahead, go to Cyprus[b] for help,
but you will not find a place to rest there either.”
13 As for Babylon, look at the land of the Chaldeans!
It is not even a country now.
Assyria built war towers to attack it.
The soldiers took everything from the beautiful houses.
Assyria destroyed Babylon.
They turned it into a pile of ruins
and made it a place for wild animals.
14 So be sad, you ships from Tarshish.
Your place of safety has been destroyed.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:12 Daughter Sidon Another name for the city of Sidon.
- Isaiah 23:12 Cyprus Literally, “Kittim.” This could also mean “Crete.”
Isaiah 23:12-14
New International Version
“Up, cross over to Cyprus;(C)
even there you will find no rest.”
13 Look at the land of the Babylonians,[a](D)
this people that is now of no account!
The Assyrians(E) have made it
a place for desert creatures;(F)
they raised up their siege towers,(G)
they stripped its fortresses bare
and turned it into a ruin.(H)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:13 Or Chaldeans
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