Isaiah 23:12-14

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¹² He said, “Daughter Sidon,^[a] you have been hurt badly,
    so you will no longer rejoice like a bride.
Go ahead, go to Cyprus^[b] for help,
    but you will not find a place to rest there either.”
¹³ As for Babylon, look at the land of the Chaldeans!
    It is not even a country now.
Assyria built war towers to attack it.
    The soldiers took everything from the beautiful houses.
Assyria destroyed Babylon.
    They turned it into a pile of ruins
    and made it a place for wild animals.
¹⁴ So be sad, you ships from Tarshish.
    Your place of safety has been destroyed.