Isaiah 23:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 23:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 23:14 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 23:14 — KJV
“Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.”
— Isaiah 23:14 (KJV)
Isaiah 23:14 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 23:14
“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.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 23:14: howl, ships, tarshish
“We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 23:14: laid, waste
“He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. led: or, compassed”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 23:14: howl, waste
“That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren. aided...: Heb. strengthened his hands to kill”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 23:14: strength, laid
“Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. long...: or, how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and fenced cities to be ruinous heaps?”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 23:14: laid, waste
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