Isaiah 23:14
Strong's Lexicon
Wail,
הֵילִ֖ילוּ (hê·lî·lū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3213: 1) (Hiphil) to howl, wail, make a howling

O ships
אֳנִיּ֣וֹת (’o·nî·yō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 591: 1) ship 1a) men of ships, seamen

of Tarshish,
תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ (tar·šîš)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8659: Tarshish or Tharshish = 'yellow jasper' n pr m 1) son of Javan 2) a Benjamite, son of Bilhan 3) one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia n pr loc 4) a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee 1a) site unknown but perhaps in Cyprus or Spain 5) a city somewhere near and accessible to the Red Sea to which ships constructed at Ezion-geber on the Elanitic Gulf on the Red Sea were to sail

for
כִּ֥י ()
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

your harbor
מָעֻזְּכֶֽן׃ (mā·‘uz·zə·ḵen)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4581: 1) place or means of safety, protection, refuge, stronghold 1a) place of safety, fastness, harbour, stronghold 1b) refuge (of God) (fig.) 1c) human protection (fig.)

has been destroyed !
שֻׁדַּ֖ד (šud·daḏ)
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7703: 1) to deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin, destroy, spoil 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to violently destroy, devastate, despoil, assail 1a2) devastator, despoiler (participle) (subst) 1b) (Niphal) to be utterly ruined 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to assault 1c2) to devastate 1d) (Pual) to be devastated 1e) (Poel) to violently destroy 1f) (Hophal) to be devastated

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!

Young's Literal Translation
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For your strength hath been destroyed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Wail, ships of Tarshish, because your fortress is destroyed!

New American Standard Bible
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For your stronghold is destroyed.

King James Bible
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Wail, you ships of Tarshish; your fortress is destroyed!

New Living Translation
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor is destroyed!

English Standard Version
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.

New American Standard Bible
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For your stronghold is destroyed.

King James Bible
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Wail, ships of Tarshish, because your fortress is destroyed!

International Standard Version
Wail, you ships of Tarshish, because your stronghold is destroyed!"

NET Bible
Wail, you large ships, for your fortress is destroyed!

American Standard Version
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.

English Revised Version
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strong hold is laid waste.

Young's Literal Translation
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, For your strength hath been destroyed.
















Cross References
Isaiah 2:16
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

Ezekiel 27:25
The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

Ezekiel 27:26
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

Isaiah 1:1
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Isaiah 23:13
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.

Isaiah 23:12
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.

Isaiah 23:11
He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.

Isaiah 23:15
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.

Isaiah 23:16
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

Isaiah 23:17
And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
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