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on many waters. Tyre's revenue was the grain from Shihor- the harvest of the Nile. She was the merchant among the nations.
Isaiah 23:3 In-Context
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A prophecy against Tyre: Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus word has come to them.
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Be silent, you people of the island and you merchants of Sidon, whom the seafarers have enriched.
3
On the great waters came the grain of the Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre, and she became the marketplace of the nations.
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Be ashamed, Sidon, and you fortress of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have neither been in labor nor given birth; I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.”
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When word comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report from Tyre.
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Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls "Sidon," / "who cross over the sea;" / "your envoys " 3"are on the great waters." / "The grain of the Shihor," / "the harvest of the Nile,"