12 He has said, “(A)You shall not be jubilant anymore, you crushed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, pass over to [a](B)Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.”

13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans—this is the people that did not exist; (C)Assyria allocated it for (D)desert creatures—they erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, (E)they made it a ruin.

14 Wail, you (F)ships of Tarshish,
For your stronghold is destroyed.

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  1. Isaiah 23:12 Heb Kittim

12 He said, “No more of your reveling,(A)
    Virgin Daughter(B) Sidon, now crushed!

“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)

14 Wail, you ships(I) of Tarshish;(J)
    your fortress is destroyed!(K)

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  1. Isaiah 23:13 Or Chaldeans