Isaiah 23:1 meaning and explanation
This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
Isaiah 23:1, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah 23 opens a series of oracles against nations, and here the prophet turns to Tyre, the great Phoenician port whose trade reached across the Mediterranean. The Hebrew word translated "burden" (massa) means a weighty pronouncement, a message of judgment.
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