Isaiah 23:12

23:12 He said,

“You will no longer celebrate,

oppressed ¹  virgin daughter Sidon!

Get up, travel to Cyprus,

but you will find no relief there.” ² 

Isaiah 52:4

52:4 For this is what the sovereign Lord says:

“In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt;

Assyria oppressed them for no good reason.

[23:12]  ¹ tn Or “violated, raped,” the point being that Daughter Sidon has lost her virginity in the most brutal manner possible.

[23:12]  ² tn Heb “[to the] Kittim, get up, cross over; even there there will be no rest for you.” On “Kittim” see the note on “Cyprus” at v. 1.