Isaiah 23:12 meaning and explanation
He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus— even there you will find no rest.”
Isaiah 23:12, Berean Standard Bible
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In this burden against Tyre, the LORD speaks through Isaiah about Sidon, Tyre's sister city and the mother of Phoenician trade. "Virgin Daughter of Sidon" is a personification of the city, and "oppressed" means she has been crushed by the judgment announced in the surrounding verses.
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