Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.' Verse ConceptsGroups TremblingFear Of Other Things

Ashkelon will see and be afraid; Gaza will be in great anguish, as will Ekron, for her hope will have been dried up. Gaza will lose her king, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited. Verse ConceptsAgony, God's JudgmentdrynessHope, Of The WickedHope, Nature OfPessimismEmpty CitiesPhysical PainFear Will ComeWithout HopePleasurableness

"This is what the sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst! All the princes of the sea will vacate their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you. They will sing this lament over you: "'How you have perished -- you have vanished from the seas, O renowned city, once mighty in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror! read more.
Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.'

They will descend from their ships -- all who handle the oar, the sailors and all the sea captains -- they will stand on the land. They will lament loudly over you and cry bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes; they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth, and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning. read more.
As they wail they will lament over you, chanting: "Who was like Tyre, like a tower in the midst of the sea?" When your products went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with the abundance of your wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth. Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your company have sunk along with you. All the inhabitants of the coastlands are shocked at you, and their kings are horribly afraid -- their faces are troubled. The traders among the peoples hiss at you; you have become a horror, and will be no more.'"