Isaiah 23:14

Easy-to-Read Version

So be sad, you ships from Tarshish. Your place of safety has been destroyed.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Wail, ships of Tarshish,because your fortress is destroyed!

Hebrew Names Version
Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.

King James Version
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

English Standard Version
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.

New American Standard Bible
Wail, you ships of Tarshish, For your stronghold is destroyed.

New Century Version
So be sad, you trading ships, because your strong city is destroyed.

Amplified Bible
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For your stronghold [of Tyre] is destroyed.

World English Bible
Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Howle yee shippes of Tarshish, for your strength is destroyed.

Legacy Standard Bible
Wail, O ships of Tarshish,For your strong defense is destroyed.

Berean Standard Bible
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!

Contemporary English Version
Not a fortress will be left standing, so tell all the seagoing ships to mourn.

Complete Jewish Bible
Howl, you "Tarshish" ships, because your fortress is destroyed.

Darby Translation
Howl, ships of Tarshish! for your fortress is laid waste.

George Lamsa Translation
Howl, O ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is plundered.

Good News Translation
Howl with grief, you sailors out on the ocean! The city you relied on has been destroyed.

Lexham English Bible
Wail, ships of Tarshish! For your fortress is destroyed.

Literal Translation
Howl, ships of Tarshish! For your fortress is ruined.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And therfore mourne (ye shippes of the see) for youre power shalbe throwne downe.

American Standard Version
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.

Bible in Basic English
Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish: because your strong place is made waste.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.

King James Version (1611)
Howle ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Mourne ye shippes of Tharsis, for your strength is brought downe.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Howl, ye ships of Carthage: for your strong hold is destroyed.

English Revised Version
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strong hold is laid waste.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Yelle, ye schippis of the see, for youre strengthe is distried.

Update Bible Version
Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.

Webster's Bible Translation
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

New English Translation
Wail, you large ships, for your fortress is destroyed!

New King James Version
Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For your strength is laid waste.

New Living Translation
Wail, you ships of Tarshish, for your harbor is destroyed!

New Life Bible
Cry out in sorrow, O ships of Tarshish, for your strong-place is destroyed.

New Revised Standard
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your fortress is destroyed.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, - For laid waste is your fortress.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Howl, O ye ships of the sea, for your strength is laid waste.

Revised Standard Version
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.

Young's Literal Translation
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For your strength hath been destroyed.

THE MESSAGE
Wail, ships of Tarshish, your strong seaports all in ruins!

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For your stronghold is destroyed.

Contextual Overview

¹ This is a message about Tyre: Ships traveling from Cyprus heard this message: "Cry, you ships from Tarshish! Your harbor has been destroyed." ² You people living near the sea, mourn in silence. The merchants of Sidon sent traders across the sea and filled the city with riches. ³ They traveled the seas looking for grain. The men from Tyre bought grain that grows near the Nile River and sold it to other nations. ⁴ Sidon, you should be very sad, because now the Sea and the Fort of the Sea say, "I have no children. I have never felt the pain of birth; I have never given birth to children. I have never raised young men and women." ⁵ When Egypt hears the news about Tyre, it will feel the pain of sorrow. ⁶ You ships, try to escape to Tarshish! Cry out, you people living near the sea! ⁷ Can this be that happy city that was founded so long ago? Is it that same city whose people traveled so far to settle other lands? ⁸ This city produced so many leaders. Its merchants were like princes. Its traders had the whole world's respect. So who made these plans against Tyre? ⁹ It was the Lord All-Powerful. He decided to destroy the great things they were so proud of. He wanted to disgrace those who were so highly respected. ¹⁰ Ships from Tarshish, go back home. Cross the sea as if it were a river. No one will stop you now.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Isaiah 23:1, Isaiah 23:6, Ezekiel 27:25-30, Revelation 18:11-19

Reciprocal: Isaiah 23:10 - no more Ezekiel 27:12 - General Revelation 18:17 - And every

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish,.... As in Isaiah 23:1.

Isaiah 23:1- ::

for your strength is laid waste; meaning Tyre, a strong seaport, where their ships were safe, and always found vent for their goods and merchandise; and so it was the strength and support of their country; but was now destroyed, and therefore was matter of lamentation and mourning.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“Howl ... Isaiah 23:1.

For your strength - That which has been your support and strength; to wit, Tyre (compare Ezekiel 26:15-18).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 23:14. Howl, ye ships — The Prophet Ezekiel hath enlarged upon this part of the same subject with great force and elegance: -

"Thus saith the Lord JEHOVAH concerning Tyre: -

At the sound of thy fall, at the cry of the wounded,

At the great slaughter in the midst of thee, shall

not the islands tremble?

And shall not all the princes of the sea descend from

their thrones,

And lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered

garments?

They shall clothe themselves with trembling, they shall

sit on the ground;

They shall tremble every moment, they shall be astonished

at thee.

And they shall utter a lamentation over thee, and shall say

unto thee:

How art thou lost, thou that wast inhabited from the seas!

The renowned city, that was strong in the sea, she and her

inhabitants!

That struck with terror all her neighbours!

Now shall the coasts tremble in the day of thy fall,

And the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy

departure."

Ezekiel 26:15-18.