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You destroyed them like the mighty ships of Tarshish
    shattered by a powerful east wind.

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17 I will scatter my people before their enemies
    as the east wind scatters dust.
And in all their trouble I will turn my back on them
    and refuse to notice their distress.”

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25 The ships of Tarshish were your ocean caravans. Your island warehouse was filled to the brim!

The Destruction of Tyre

26 “But look! Your oarsmen
    have taken you into stormy seas!
A mighty eastern gale
    has wrecked you in the heart of the sea!

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48 Jehoshaphat also built a fleet of trading ships[a] to sail to Ophir for gold. But the ships never set sail, for they met with disaster in their home port of Ezion-geber.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:48 Hebrew fleet of ships of Tarshish.

16 He will destroy all the great trading ships[a]
    and every magnificent vessel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish.

22 The king had a fleet of trading ships of Tarshish that sailed with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the ships returned, loaded with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 10:22 Or and baboons.

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