Isaiah 23:3 Cross References

Isaiah 23:3

3: sailing over deep waters. They brought you grain from Egypt and harvests from along the Nile. You were the merchandise mart of the world.

So David summoned all the people of Israel, from one end of the country to the other, to join in bringing the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

"What have you gained by your alliances with Egypt and Assyria? What good to you are the waters of the Nile and the Euphrates?

With your wisdom and understanding you have amassed great wealth--gold and silver for your treasuries.

The merchandise you traded satisfied the needs of many nations. Kings at the ends of the earth were enriched by your trade.

All the greenery along the riverbank will wither and blow away. All the crops will dry up, and everything will die.

God will greatly bless his people. Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up. Their flocks and herds will graze in green pastures.

that mighty gateway to the sea, the trading center of the world. Give Tyre this message from the Sovereign LORD: You claimed, O Tyre, to be perfect in beauty.
You extended your boundaries into the sea. Your builders made you glorious!
You were like a great ship built of the finest cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
They carved oars for you from the oaks of Bashan. They made your deck of pine wood, brought from the southern coasts of Cyprus. Then they inlaid it with ivory.
Your sails were made of Egypt's finest linen, and they flew as a banner above you. You stood beneath blue and purple awnings made bright with dyes from the coasts of Elishah.

You have taken my silver and gold and all my precious treasures, and you have carried them off to your pagan temples.

Who has brought this disaster on Tyre, empire builder and chief trader of the world?

For the land you are about to enter and occupy is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you planted your seed and dug out irrigation ditches with your foot as in a vegetable garden.

The merchants of the world will weep and mourn for her, for there is no one left to buy their goods.
She bought great quantities of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple dye, silk, scarlet cloth, every kind of perfumed wood, ivory goods, objects made of expensive wood, bronze, iron, and marble.
She also bought cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, chariots, and slaves--yes, she even traded in human lives.

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