11 He has (A)stretched His hand out (B)over the sea,
He has (C)made the kingdoms tremble;
The Lord has given a command concerning Canaan to (D)demolish its strongholds.

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

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

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  1. Isaiah 23:12 Heb Kittim

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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  1. Isaiah 23:13 Or Chaldeans