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12 The Lord has said
    to the people of Sidon,
“Your celebrating is over—
    you are crushed.
Even if you escape to Cyprus,
    you won't find peace.”

13 Look what the Assyrians have done to Babylonia! They have attacked, destroying every palace in the land. Now wild animals live among the ruins.[a] 14 Not a fortress will be left standing, so tell all the seagoing ships[b] to mourn.

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Footnotes

  1. 23.13 ruins: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 13.
  2. 23.14 seagoing ships: See the note at 2.16.

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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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:13 Or Chaldeans