Isaiah 23:2-12

2 1Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon; Your messengers crossed the sea
3 And were on many waters. 2The grain of the 3Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue; And she was the 4market of nations.
4 Be ashamed, O 5Sidon; For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying, "I have neither travailed nor given birth, I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins.
5 When the report reaches Egypt, They will be in 6anguish at the report of Tyre.
6 Pass over to 7Tarshish; Wail, O inhabitants of the coastland.
7 Is this your 8jubilant city, Whose origin is from antiquity, Whose feet used to carry her to colonize distant places?
8 Who has planned this against Tyre, 9the bestower of crowns, Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
9 10The LORD of hosts has planned it, to 11defile the pride of all beauty, To despise all the 12honored of the earth.
10 Overflow your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish, There is no more restraint.
11 He has 13stretched His hand out 14over the sea, He has 15made the kingdoms tremble; The LORD has given a command concerning Canaan to 16demolish its strongholds.
12 He has said, "17You shall exult no more *, O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to 18Cyprus; even there you will find no rest."

Cross References 18

  • 1. Isaiah 47:5
  • 2. Isaiah 19:7-9
  • 3. Joshua 13:3; 1 Chronicles 13:5; Jeremiah 2:18
  • 4. Ezekiel 27:3-23
  • 5. Genesis 10:15, 19; Joshua 11:8; Judges 10:6; Jeremiah 25:22; Jeremiah 27:3; Jeremiah 47:4; Ezekiel 28:21, 22
  • 6. Exodus 15:14-16; Joshua 2:9-11
  • 7. Isaiah 23:1
  • 8. Isaiah 22:2; Isaiah 32:13
  • 9. Ezekiel 28:2
  • 10. Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 13:11
  • 11. Job 40:11, 12; Daniel 4:37
  • 12. Isaiah 5:13; Isaiah 9:15
  • 13. Exodus 14:21; Isaiah 14:26
  • 14. Isaiah 19:5; Isaiah 50:2
  • 15. Isaiah 13:13
  • 16. Isaiah 25:2; Zechariah 9:3, 4
  • 17. Ezekiel 26:13, 14; Revelation 18:22
  • 18. Isaiah 23:1

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. So DSS; M.T. "Who passed over the sea, they replenished you"
  • [b]. Heb "Shihor"
  • [c]. Lit "sojourn afar off"
  • [d]. Lit "Pass over"
  • [e]. Perhaps "girdle" or "shipyard"
  • [f]. Heb "Kittim"
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