Isaiah 23:11-13

The Voice

¹¹God’s power extends across the sea;
He has terrified the nations,
turning Canaan loose against them to demolish their fortresses.

¹²Eternal One: The celebration is over, downtrodden virgin daughter of Sidon.
        There’s nothing left of you to take pride in.
    Go ahead, pack up and move to Cyprus.
        But you still won’t find rest.

¹³Just look at the land of the Chaldeans in southern Mesopotamia. There are no such people anymore. The Assyrians came along, took it over, and left it for the desert animals; they built their siege machines, stripped its palaces, and determined that it should be ruined.

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