Isaiah 23:6 meaning and explanation

Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!

Isaiah 23:6, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah speaks to the people of Tyre and its coastal settlements, the Phoenician trading cities whose wealth came from the sea. In the verses before, the prophet has announced that Tyre, the great merchant power, will be laid waste, and he calls the ships of Tarshish to wail because their harbor is gone.

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