all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;
Parallel translations
- WEB and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;
- KJV And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
- NKJV all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are across the sea;
- NASB and to all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are beyond the sea;
- NLT and the kings of Tyre and Sidon, and the kings of the regions across the sea.
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Quick answer
The kings of Tyre and Sidon and the coastlands beyond the sea must drink. The wealthy Phoenician trading cities are not spared.
Overview
Tyre and Sidon, renowned maritime powers, and distant coastal kingdoms are summoned to the cup. Their commercial might offers no immunity from divine judgment. The reach across the sea underscores that God's righteous rule extends to the farthest peoples of the earth.
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Cross-references · 12
- Jer 47:4For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.
- Zech 9:1–4This is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place—for the eyes of men and of all the tribes of Israel are upon the LORD—
- Ezek 26:1–21In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Joel 3:4–8Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
- Ezek 29:18“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
- Amos 1:9–10This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.
- Ezek 28:22–23And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.
- Jer 49:23–27Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.
- Jer 31:10Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.
- Ezek 32:30All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.
- Amos 1:3–5This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.
- Jer 27:3Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
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