Bible Cross References
the merchants
Revelation 18:3
For all the nations have drunk her wine---the strong wine of her immoral lust. The kings of the earth practiced sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the world grew rich from her unrestrained lust."
Revelation 18:9
The kings of the earth who took part in her immorality and lust will cry and weep over the city when they see the smoke from the flames that consume her.
Revelation 18:15
The merchants, who became rich from doing business in that city, will stand a long way off, because they are afraid of sharing in her suffering. They will cry and mourn,
Revelation 18:20
Be glad, heaven, because of her destruction! Be glad, God's people and the apostles and prophets! For God has condemned her for what she did to you!
Revelation 18:23
Never again will the light of a lamp be seen in you; no more will the voices of brides and grooms be heard in you. Your merchants were the most powerful in all the world, and with your false magic you deceived all the peoples of the world!"
Revelation 13:16
The beast forced all the people, small and great, rich and poor, slave and free, to have a mark placed on their right hands or on their foreheads.
Revelation 13:17
No one could buy or sell without this mark, that is, the beast's name or the number that stands for the name.
Isaiah 23:1-15
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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.
15
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:
Isaiah 47:15
That is all the good they will do you--- those astrologers you've consulted all your life. They all will leave you and go their own way, and none will be left to save you."
Ezekiel 26:17-21
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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.
Ezekiel 27:27-36
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All your wealth of merchandise, All the sailors in your crew, Your ship's carpenters and your merchants, Every soldier on board the ship--- All, all were lost at sea When your ship was wrecked.
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The shouts of the drowning sailors Echoed on the shore.
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"Every ship is now deserted, And every sailor has gone ashore.
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They all mourn bitterly for you, Throwing dust on their heads and rolling in ashes.
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They shave their heads for you And dress themselves in sackcloth. Their hearts are bitter as they weep.
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They chant a funeral song for you: 'Who can be compared to Tyre, To Tyre now silent in the sea?
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When your merchandise went overseas, You filled the needs of every nation. Kings were made rich By the wealth of your goods.
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Now you are wrecked in the sea; You have sunk to the ocean depths. Your goods and all who worked for you Have vanished with you in the sea.'
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"Everyone who lives along the coast is shocked at your fate. Even their kings are terrified, and fear is written on their faces.
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You are gone, gone forever, and merchants all over the world are terrified, afraid that they will share your fate."
Zephaniah 1:11
Wail and cry when you hear this, you that live in the lower part of the city, because all the merchants will be dead!
Zephaniah 1:18
On the day when the LORD shows his fury, not even all their silver and gold will save them. The whole earth will be destroyed by the fire of his anger. He will put an end---a sudden end---to everyone who lives on earth.
buyeth
Proverbs 3:14
There is more profit in it than there is in silver; it is worth more to you than gold.
Matthew 22:5
But the invited guests paid no attention and went about their business: one went to his farm, another to his store,
John 2:16
and he ordered those who sold the pigeons, "Take them out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!"
2 Peter 2:3
In their greed these false teachers will make a profit out of telling you made-up stories. For a long time now their Judge has been ready, and their Destroyer has been wide awake!