Isaiah 23:8-14

The Lord's Purpose for Judgment

Isaiah 23:8-14
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Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
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The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
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Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
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The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
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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.”
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Look at the land of the Chaldeans— a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
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Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!
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