Bible Cross References
Tyrus
Isaiah 23:1-18
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This is a message about Tyre. Howl with grief, you sailors out on the ocean! Your home port of Tyre has been destroyed; its houses and its harbor are in ruins. As your ships return from Cyprus, you learn the news.
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Wail, you merchants of Sidon! You sent agents
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across the sea to buy and sell the grain that grew in Egypt and to do business with all the nations.
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City of Sidon, you are disgraced! The sea and the great ocean depths disown you and say, "I never had any children. I never raised sons or daughters."
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Even the Egyptians will be shocked and dismayed when they learn that Tyre has been destroyed.
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Howl with grief, you people of Phoenicia! Try to escape to Spain!
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Can this be the joyful city of Tyre, founded so long ago? Is this the city that sent settlers across the sea to establish colonies?
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Who was it that planned to bring all this on Tyre, that imperial city, whose merchant princes were the most honored men on earth?
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The LORD Almighty planned it. He planned it in order to put an end to their pride in what they had done and to humiliate their honored ones.
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Go and farm the land, you people in the colonies in Spain! There is no one to protect you any more.
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The LORD has stretched out his hand over the sea and overthrown kingdoms. He has commanded that the Phoenician centers of commerce be destroyed.
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City of Sidon, your happiness has ended, and your people are oppressed. Even if they escape to Cyprus, they will still not be safe.
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(It was the Babylonians, not the Assyrians, who let the wild animals overrun Tyre. It was the Babylonians who put up siege towers, tore down the fortifications of Tyre, and left the city in ruins. )
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Howl with grief, you sailors out on the ocean! The city you relied on has been destroyed.
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A time is coming when Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the lifetime of a king. When those years are over, Tyre will be like the prostitute in the song:
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Take your harp, go round the town, you poor forgotten whore! Play and sing your songs again to bring men back once more.
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When the seventy years are over, the LORD will let Tyre go back to her old trade, and she will hire herself out to all the kingdoms of the world.
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The money she earns by commerce will be dedicated to the LORD. She will not store it away, but those who worship the LORD will use her money to buy the food and the clothing they need.
Jeremiah 47:4
The time has come to destroy Philistia, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon all the help that remains. I, the LORD, will destroy the Philistines, all who came from the shores of Crete.
Ezekiel 26:1-28
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On the first day of the...month of the eleventh year of our exile, the LORD spoke to me.
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"Mortal man," he said, "this is what the people in the city of Tyre are cheering about. They shout, 'Jerusalem is shattered! Her commercial power is gone! She won't be our rival any more!'
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"Now then, this is what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: I am your enemy, city of Tyre. I will bring many nations to attack you, and they will come like the waves of the sea.
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They will destroy your city walls and tear down your towers. Then I will sweep away all the dust and leave only a bare rock.
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Fishermen will dry their nets on it, there where it stands in the sea. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken. The nations will plunder Tyre,
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and with their swords they will kill those who live in her towns on the mainland. Then Tyre will know that I am the LORD."
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The Sovereign LORD says, "I am going to bring the greatest king of all---King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia---to attack Tyre. He will come from the north with a huge army, with horses and chariots and with cavalry.
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Those who live in the towns on the mainland will be killed in the fighting. The enemy will dig trenches, build earthworks, and make a solid wall of shields against you.
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They will pound in your walls with battering rams and tear down your towers with iron bars.
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The clouds of dust raised by their horses will cover you. The noise of their horses pulling wagons and chariots will shake your walls as they pass through the gates of the ruined city.
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Their cavalry will storm through your streets, killing your people with their swords. Your mighty pillars will be thrown to the ground.
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Your enemies will help themselves to your wealth and merchandise. They will pull down your walls and shatter your luxurious houses. They will take the stones and wood and all the rubble, and dump them into the sea.
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I will put an end to all your songs, and I will silence the music of your harps.
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I will leave only a bare rock where fishermen can dry their nets. The city will never be rebuilt. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken."
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The Sovereign LORD has this to say to the city of Tyre: "When you are being conquered, the people who live along the coast will be terrified at the screams of those who are slaughtered.
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All the kings of the seafaring nations will come down from their thrones. They will take off their robes and their embroidered clothes and sit trembling on the ground. They will be so terrified at your fate that they will not be able to stop trembling.
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They will sing this funeral song for you: The famous city is destroyed! Her ships have been swept from the seas. The people of this city ruled the seas And terrified all who lived on the coast.
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Now, on the day it has fallen, The islands are trembling, And their people are shocked at such destruction."
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The Sovereign LORD says: "I will make you as desolate as ruined cities where no one lives. I will cover you with the water of the ocean depths.
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I will send you down to the world of the dead to join the people who lived in ancient times. I will make you stay in that underground world among eternal ruins, keeping company with the dead. As a result you will never again be inhabited and take your place in the land of the living.
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I will make you a terrifying example, and that will be the end of you. People may look for you, but you will never be found." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
Joel 3:4-8
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"What are you trying to do to me, Tyre, Sidon, and all of Philistia? Are you trying to pay me back for something? If you are, I will quickly pay you back!
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You have taken my silver and gold and carried my rich treasures into your temples.
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You have taken the people of Judah and Jerusalem far from their own country and sold them to the Greeks.
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Now I am going to bring them out of the places to which you have sold them. I will do to you what you have done to them.
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I will let your sons and daughters be sold to the people of Judah; they will sell them to the far-off Sabeans. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Zechariah 9:2-4
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Hamath, which borders on Hadrach, also belongs to him, and so do the cities of Tyre and Sidon, with all their skill.
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Tyre has built fortifications for herself and has piled up so much silver and gold that it is as common as dirt!
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But the Lord will take away everything she has. He will throw her wealth into the sea, and the city will be burned to the ground.
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Amos 1:6
The LORD says, "The people of Gaza have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They carried off a whole nation and sold them as slaves to the people of Edom.
Amos 1:11
The LORD says, "The people of Edom have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They hunted down their relatives, the Israelites, and showed them no mercy. Their anger had no limits, and they never let it die.
brotherly covenant
2 Samuel 5:11
King Hiram of Tyre sent a trade mission to David; he provided him with cedar logs and with carpenters and stone masons to build a palace.
1 Kings 5:1-11
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King Hiram of Tyre had always been a friend of David's, and when he heard that Solomon had succeeded his father David as king, he sent ambassadors to him.
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Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:
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"You know that because of the constant wars my father David had to fight against the enemy countries all around him, he could not build a temple for the worship of the LORD his God until the LORD had given him victory over all his enemies.
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But now the LORD my God has given me peace on all my borders. I have no enemies, and there is no danger of attack.
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The LORD promised my father David, 'Your son, whom I will make king after you, will build a temple for me.' And I have now decided to build that temple for the worship of the LORD my God.
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So send your men to Lebanon to cut down cedars for me. My men will work with them, and I will pay your men whatever you decide. As you well know, my men don't know how to cut down trees as well as yours do."
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Hiram was extremely pleased when he received Solomon's message, and he said, "Praise the LORD today for giving David such a wise son to succeed him as king of that great nation!"
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Then Hiram sent Solomon the following message: "I have received your message, and I am ready to do what you ask. I will provide the cedars and the pine trees.
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My men will bring the logs down from Lebanon to the sea and will tie them together in rafts to float them down the coast to the place you choose. There my men will untie them, and your men will take charge of them. On your part, I would like you to supply the food for my men."
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So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the cedar and pine logs that he wanted,
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and Solomon provided Hiram with 100,000 bushels of wheat and 110,000 gallons of pure olive oil every year to feed his men.
1 Kings 9:11-14
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King Hiram of Tyre had provided him with all the cedar and pine and with all the gold he wanted for this work. After it was finished, King Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the region of Galilee.
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Hiram went to see them, and he did not like them.
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So he said to Solomon, "So these, my brother, are the towns you have given me!" For this reason the area is still called Cabul.
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Hiram had sent Solomon almost five tons of gold.
2 Chronicles 2:8-16
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I know how skillful your lumbermen are, so send me cedar, cypress, and juniper logs from Lebanon. I am ready to send my men to assist yours
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in preparing large quantities of timber, because this temple I intend to build will be large and magnificent.
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As provisions for your lumbermen, I will send you 100,000 bushels of wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil."
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King Hiram sent Solomon a letter in reply. He wrote, "Because the LORD loves his people, he has made you their king.
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Praise the LORD God of Israel, Creator of heaven and earth! He has given King David a wise son, full of understanding and skill, who now plans to build a temple for the LORD and a palace for himself.
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I am sending you a wise and skillful master metalworker named Huram.
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His mother was a member of the tribe of Dan and his father was a native of Tyre. He knows how to make things out of gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood. He can work with blue, purple, and red cloth, and with linen. He can do all sorts of engraving and can follow any design suggested to him. Let him work with your skilled workers and with those who worked for your father, King David.
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So now send us the wheat, barley, wine, and olive oil that you promised.
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In the mountains of Lebanon we will cut down all the cedars you need, tie them together in rafts, and float them by sea as far as Joppa. From there you can take them to Jerusalem."