Isaiah 23:1

1 The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your fortress is destroyed. When they came in from Cyprus they learned of it.

Isaiah 23:1 In-Context

1 The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your fortress is destroyed. When they came in from Cyprus they learned of it.
2 Be still, O inhabitants of the coast, O merchants of Sidon, your messengers crossed over the sea
3 and were on the mighty waters; your revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile; you were the merchant of the nations.
4 Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea has spoken, the fortress of the sea, saying: "I have neither labored nor given birth, I have neither reared young men nor brought up young women.
5 When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish over the report about Tyre.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Cn Compare verse 14: Heb [for it is destroyed, without houses]
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