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11 The Lord has stretched his hand over the sea.
    He makes its kingdoms tremble.
He commands that Canaan’s
    places of safety be destroyed.
12 The Lord said, “Sidon, you will not rejoice any longer.
    You are destroyed.
Even if you cross the sea to Cyprus,
    you will not find a place to rest.”
13 Look at the land of the Babylonians.
    Babylonia is not a country now.
Assyria has made it a place for wild animals.
    Assyria built towers to attack it.
The soldiers took all the treasures from its cities.
    They turned it into ruins.

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11 The Lord has stretched out his hand(A) over the sea
    and made its kingdoms tremble.(B)
He has given an order concerning Phoenicia
    that her fortresses be destroyed.(C)
12 He said, “No more of your reveling,(D)
    Virgin Daughter(E) Sidon, now crushed!

“Up, cross over to Cyprus;(F)
    even there you will find no rest.”
13 Look at the land of the Babylonians,[a](G)
    this people that is now of no account!
The Assyrians(H) have made it
    a place for desert creatures;(I)
they raised up their siege towers,(J)
    they stripped its fortresses bare
    and turned it into a ruin.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:13 Or Chaldeans