Isaiah 2:16
Good News Translation
He will sink even the largest and most beautiful ships.

New Revised Standard Version
against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all the beautiful craft.

Contemporary English Version
all the seagoing ships, and every beautiful boat.

New American Bible
Against all the ships of Tarshish and all stately vessels.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And upon all the ships of Tharsis, and upon all that is fair to behold.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And upon all the ships of Tharsis, and upon all that is fair to behold.

the ships

Isaiah 23:1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea, for the house is destroyed, from whence they were wont to come: from the land of Cethim it is revealed to them.

1 Kings 10:22 For the king's navy, once in three years, went with the navy of Hiram by sea to Tharsis, and brought from thence gold, and silver, and elephants' teeth, and apes, and peacocks.

1 Kings 22:48,49 But king Josaphat made navies on the sea, to sail into Ophir for gold: but they could not go, for the ships were broken in Asiongaber. . . .

Psalm 47:7 For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye wisely.

Revelation 18:17-19 For in one hour are so great riches come to nought. And every shipmaster and all that sail into the lake, and mariners, and as many as work in the sea, stood afar off, . . .

pleasant pictures.

Numbers 33:52 Destroy all the inhabitants of that land: Beat down their pillars, and break in pieces their statues, and waste all their high places,

Revelation 18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her: for no man shall buy their merchandise any more.

Context
The Day of Reckoning
15And upon every high tower, and every fenced wall. 16And upon all the ships of Tharsis, and upon all that is fair to behold.17And the loftiness of men shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.…
Cross References
Revelation 8:9
And the third part of those creatures died which had life in the sea: and the third part of the ships was destroyed.

1 Kings 10:22
For the king's navy, once in three years, went with the navy of Hiram by sea to Tharsis, and brought from thence gold, and silver, and elephants' teeth, and apes, and peacocks.

Isaiah 2:17
And the loftiness of men shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 23:1
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea, for the house is destroyed, from whence they were wont to come: from the land of Cethim it is revealed to them.

Isaiah 23:14
Howl, O ye ships of the sea, for your strength is laid waste.

Isaiah 60:9
For, the islands wait for me, and the ships of the sea in the beginning: that I may bring thy sons from afar: their silver, and their gold with them, to the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

Isaiah 66:19
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send of them that shall be saved, to the Gentiles into the sea, into Africa, and Lydia them that draw the bow: into Italy, and Greece, to the islands afar off, to them that have not heard of me, and have not seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory to the Gentiles:

Ezekiel 27:25
The ships of the sea, were thy chief in thy merchandise: and thou wast replenished, and glorified exceedingly in the heart of the sea.

Isaiah 2:15
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