Isaiah 23:12-14

International Children’s Bible

¹²The 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.”
¹³Look 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.
¹⁴So be sad, you trading ships.
    Your place of safety is destroyed.

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Isaiah 23:12-14

New International Version

¹²He 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.”
¹³Look 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)