King James Version
Isaiah 23:14 in the King James Version says “Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.”
Isaiah 23:14 · KJV
And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. shall Tyre: Heb. it shall be unto Tyre as the song of an harlot
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of Tarshish”
H8659tarshish, a place on the mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a persian and of an i
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“is laid waste”
H7703properly, to be burly, i.e., (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
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