Isaiah 23:12

And He said, Thou shalt no more exult, 1 O thou oppressed Betulah, Bat Tzidon; 1 arise, pass over to Kittim (Cyprus); 1 there also shalt thou have no rest.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.

In Context

11He stretched out His Yad over the yam, 1 He shook the mamlakhot (kingdoms); 1 Hashem hath given a commandment against Kena'an, 1 to destroy her ma'a'uzim (fortresses). 1

13Behold, Eretz Kasdim (land of Chaldeans); this people was not, till the Assyrian made it for wild creatures; they raise up the siege towers thereof, they destroyed the palaces thereof; and turned her to ruin. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 10:4And the Bnei Yavan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

Genesis 49:13Zevulun shall dwell at the seashore; 1 and he shall be a haven for oniyyot (ships); 1 and his border shall be unto Tzidon. 1

Deuteronomy 28:64And Hashem shall scatter thee among kol ha'ammim, from the one end of ha'aretz even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve elohim acherim, which neither thou nor Avoteicha have known, even etz va'even.

Isaiah 23:1The massa (burden) of Tzor: 1 Howl, ye oniyyot (ships) of Tarshish; 1 for it is destroyed, so that there is no bais, no entering in; 1 from the Eretz Kittim (Land of Cyprus) 1 niglah (it is revealed) to them. 1

Isaiah 37:22This is the davar which Hashem hath spoken concerning him; 1 The Betulat Bat Tziyon, hath despised thee, 1 and laughed thee to scorn; 1 the Bat Yerushalayim hath shaken 1 her head at thee. 1

Isaiah 47:5Sit thou silent, and get thee into choshech, 1 O Bat Kasdim (Chaldeans); 1 for thou shalt no more be called, 1 Geveret Mamlachot (The Lady of Kingdoms). 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 23:2-15

The Doom of Tyre. ( b. c. 718.) 1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. 2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. 3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. 4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I… Read the whole commentary →

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