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Isaiah 23:12
He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord speaks through the prophet to the "oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon," delivering a judgment pronouncement immediately after declaring His hand stretched over the sea to destroy Canaan's strongholds.
The words — The Hebrew phrase לֹא תוֹסִ֥יפִי עוֹד (lo' to.Si.fi od) literally renders "you will add no more," functioning as a definitive termination of the verb עֹל֑וֹז (exult) to mark the permanent end of rejoicing.
The thread — The cessation of celebration echoes Revelation 18:22's declaration that musical sounds will never ring out again, while the title "Virgin Daughter of [City]" structurally mirrors Isaiah 47:1's address to Babylon.
Why it lands — The text asserts that geographic relocation to Cyprus provides no sanctuary from the stated decree, requiring the reader to acknowledge that human escape routes cannot override the spoken command.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Revelation 18:22 And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.
- Isaiah 23:1 This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
- Isaiah 47:1 “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
- Ezekiel 26:13 So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
- Genesis 10:15 And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
- Genesis 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
- Numbers 24:24 Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
- Deuteronomy 28:64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
- Joshua 11:8 and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.
- Isaiah 23:7 Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?