Isaiah Chapter 23 verse 14 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 23:14

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.
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BBE Isaiah 23:14

Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish: because your strong place is made waste.
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DARBY Isaiah 23:14

Howl, ships of Tarshish! for your fortress is laid waste.
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KJV Isaiah 23:14

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
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WBT Isaiah 23:14


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WEB Isaiah 23:14

Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.
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YLT Isaiah 23:14

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For your strength hath been destroyed.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - Howl, ye ships of Tarshish (comp. ver. 1). The ships that traded with Tarshish, not those belonging to Tarshish, are intended. Your strength is laid waste; rather, your stronghold; i.e. Tyre itself. The elegy ends as it began, with a statement of the bare fact. Alexander's destruction of the city was the final and complete fulfillment of the prophecy. The captures by Esarhaddou (G. Smith, 'Eponym Canon,' pp. 139-142), by Asshur-bani-pal (ibid., pp. 144.145), and by Nebuchadnezzar, were anticipations of the final one, and partial fulfillments of the prophecy.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your Strength is laid waste.--The prophecy of woe ends as it began in Isaiah 23:1. The "strength" is the fortress of Tyre.