And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond 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;
- BSB all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across 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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Jer 47:4Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
- Zech 9:1–4The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.
- Ezek 26:1–21And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
- Joel 3:4–8Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
- Ezek 29:18Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
- Amos 1:9–10Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
- Ezek 28:22–23And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
- Jer 49:23–27Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
- Jer 31:10Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
- Ezek 32:30There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.
- Amos 1:3–5Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
- Jer 27:3And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
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