Bible Cross References
Tyrus
Jeremiah 27:3
Then the LORD told me to send a message to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through their ambassadors who had come to Jerusalem to see King Zedekiah.
Jeremiah 47:4
The time has come to destroy Philistia, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon all the help that remains. I, the LORD, will destroy the Philistines, all who came from the shores of Crete.
Ezekiel 26:1-28
1
On the first day of the...month of the eleventh year of our exile, the LORD spoke to me.
2
"Mortal man," he said, "this is what the people in the city of Tyre are cheering about. They shout, 'Jerusalem is shattered! Her commercial power is gone! She won't be our rival any more!'
3
"Now then, this is what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: I am your enemy, city of Tyre. I will bring many nations to attack you, and they will come like the waves of the sea.
4
They will destroy your city walls and tear down your towers. Then I will sweep away all the dust and leave only a bare rock.
5
Fishermen will dry their nets on it, there where it stands in the sea. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken. The nations will plunder Tyre,
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and with their swords they will kill those who live in her towns on the mainland. Then Tyre will know that I am the LORD."
7
The Sovereign LORD says, "I am going to bring the greatest king of all---King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia---to attack Tyre. He will come from the north with a huge army, with horses and chariots and with cavalry.
8
Those who live in the towns on the mainland will be killed in the fighting. The enemy will dig trenches, build earthworks, and make a solid wall of shields against you.
9
They will pound in your walls with battering rams and tear down your towers with iron bars.
10
The clouds of dust raised by their horses will cover you. The noise of their horses pulling wagons and chariots will shake your walls as they pass through the gates of the ruined city.
11
Their cavalry will storm through your streets, killing your people with their swords. Your mighty pillars will be thrown to the ground.
12
Your enemies will help themselves to your wealth and merchandise. They will pull down your walls and shatter your luxurious houses. They will take the stones and wood and all the rubble, and dump them into the sea.
13
I will put an end to all your songs, and I will silence the music of your harps.
14
I will leave only a bare rock where fishermen can dry their nets. The city will never be rebuilt. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken."
15
The Sovereign LORD has this to say to the city of Tyre: "When you are being conquered, the people who live along the coast will be terrified at the screams of those who are slaughtered.
16
All the kings of the seafaring nations will come down from their thrones. They will take off their robes and their embroidered clothes and sit trembling on the ground. They will be so terrified at your fate that they will not be able to stop trembling.
17
They will sing this funeral song for you: The famous city is destroyed! Her ships have been swept from the seas. The people of this city ruled the seas And terrified all who lived on the coast.
18
Now, on the day it has fallen, The islands are trembling, And their people are shocked at such destruction."
19
The Sovereign LORD says: "I will make you as desolate as ruined cities where no one lives. I will cover you with the water of the ocean depths.
20
I will send you down to the world of the dead to join the people who lived in ancient times. I will make you stay in that underground world among eternal ruins, keeping company with the dead. As a result you will never again be inhabited and take your place in the land of the living.
21
I will make you a terrifying example, and that will be the end of you. People may look for you, but you will never be found." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
Ezekiel 29:18
"Mortal man," he said, "King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia launched an attack on Tyre. He made his soldiers carry such heavy loads that their heads were rubbed bald and their shoulders were worn raw, but neither the king nor his army got anything for all their trouble.
Amos 1:9
The LORD says, "The people of Tyre have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They carried off a whole nation into exile in the land of Edom, and did not keep the treaty of friendship they had made.
Amos 1:10
So I will send fire upon the city walls of Tyre and burn down its fortresses."
Zechariah 9:2-4
2
Hamath, which borders on Hadrach, also belongs to him, and so do the cities of Tyre and Sidon, with all their skill.
3
Tyre has built fortifications for herself and has piled up so much silver and gold that it is as common as dirt!
4
But the Lord will take away everything she has. He will throw her wealth into the sea, and the city will be burned to the ground.
Zidon
Ezekiel 28:22
Tell the people there what I, the Sovereign LORD, say about them: I am your enemy, Sidon; people will praise me because of what I do to you. They will know that I am the LORD, when I show how holy I am by punishing those who live in you.
Ezekiel 28:23
I will send diseases on you and make blood flow in your streets. You will be attacked from every side, and your people will be killed. Then you will know that I am the LORD."
Ezekiel 32:30
"All the princes of the north are there, and so are the Sidonians. Their power once spread terror, but now they go down in disgrace with those killed in battle and are laid to rest, uncircumcised. They share the disgrace of those who go down to the world of the dead.
Joel 3:4-8
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"What are you trying to do to me, Tyre, Sidon, and all of Philistia? Are you trying to pay me back for something? If you are, I will quickly pay you back!
5
You have taken my silver and gold and carried my rich treasures into your temples.
6
You have taken the people of Judah and Jerusalem far from their own country and sold them to the Greeks.
7
Now I am going to bring them out of the places to which you have sold them. I will do to you what you have done to them.
8
I will let your sons and daughters be sold to the people of Judah; they will sell them to the far-off Sabeans. I, the LORD, have spoken.
isles which are beyond the sea
Jeremiah 49:23-27
23
This is what the LORD said about Damascus: "The people in the cities of Hamath and Arpad are worried and troubled because they have heard bad news. Anxiety rolls over them like a sea, and they cannot rest.
24
The people of Damascus are weak and have fled in terror. They are in pain and misery like a woman in labor.
25
The famous city that used to be happy is completely deserted.
26
On that day her young men will be killed in the city streets, and all her soldiers destroyed.
27
I will set the walls of Damascus on fire and will burn down King Benhadad's palaces. I, the LORD Almighty, have spoken."
Amos 1:3-5
3
The LORD says, "The people of Damascus have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They treated the people of Gilead with savage cruelty.
4
So I will send fire upon the palace built by King Hazael and I will burn down the fortresses of King Benhadad.
5
I will smash the city gates of Damascus and remove the inhabitants of Aven Valley and the ruler of Betheden. The people of Syria will be taken away as prisoners to the land of Kir."
Zechariah 9:1
This is the LORD's message: He has decreed punishment for the land of Hadrach and for the city of Damascus. Not only the tribes of Israel but also the capital of Syria belong to the LORD.