Holy Scripture

Isaiah 23:13

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 13) And he said: You shall no longer boast, enduring slander, O virgin daughter of Sidon, rising up to Cythim, crossing over: there also you will find no rest. God, who has determined to bring down the pride of all glory, who has commanded against Canaan, to crush its warriors, he himself says, By no means shal…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Isaiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

13And if thou depart to the land of the Chaldeans, this also is laid waste by the Assyrians, for her wall is fallen.

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11And thy hand prevails no more by sea, which troubled kings: the Lord of hosts has given a command concerning Canaan, to destroy the strength thereof.

12And men shall say, Ye shall no longer at all continue to insult and injure the daughter of Sidon: and if thou depart to the Kittim, neither there shalt thou have rest.

— Isaiah 23:13 —

14Howl, ye ships of Carthage: for your stronghold is destroyed.

15And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be left seventy years, as the time of a king, as the time of a man: and it shall come to pass after seventy years, that Tyre shall be as the song of a harlot.

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