Isaiah 23:13

See the land of the Chaldeans. This people has ceased to be; the Assyrians have made it a wilderness for wild animals. 1 They set up their siege towers; they demolished its palaces; they made it a heap of ruins. 1

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In The King James Version

Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, til the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.

In Context

12He said, “You will not rejoice again, oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon; 1 arise, pass over to Cyprus; but neither there you will have rest.” 1

14Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for your refuge has been destroyed.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:14The name of the third river is Tigris, which flows east of Ashur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 11:9Therefore, its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth and from there Yahweh scattered them abroad over the surface of all the earth.

Genesis 11:31Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of his son Haran, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and together they left Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan. But they came to Haran and stayed there.

2 Kings 20:12At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

Ezra 4:9Then Rehum, Shimshai, and their companions, who were judges and other officers in the government, the Persians, men from Erech and Babylon, and the men from Susa (that is, the Elamites)—they wrote a letter—

Psalms 72:9May those who live in the wilderness bow down before him; 1 may his enemies lick the dust. 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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