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12 He said:
You will exult no longer,
    O oppressed virgin daughter Sidon;
rise, cross over to Cyprus—
    even there you will have no rest.

13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans! This is the people; it was not Assyria. They destined Tyre for wild animals. They erected their siege towers, they tore down her palaces, they made her a ruin.[a]

14 Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
    for your fortress is destroyed.

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  1. Isaiah 23:13 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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