Verse 5

Isaiah 23:5

Bible in Basic English

5 When the news comes to Egypt they will be bitterly pained at the fate of Tyre.

Original Language Text

hebrew

כַּֽ/אֲשֶׁר שֵׁ֖מַע לְ/מִצְרָ֑יִם יָחִ֖ילוּ כְּ/שֵׁ֥מַע צֹֽר

English Translation

When they heard of Egypt, they trembled like the mention of a rock.

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Chapter 23 Context

1 The word about Tyre. Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish, because your strong place is ma... Focus ↗

2 Send out a cry of grief, you men of the sea-land, traders of Zidon, who go over the sea, whose repre... Focus ↗

3 Who get in the seed of Shihor, whose wealth is the trade of the nations. Focus ↗

4 Be shamed, O Zidon: for the sea, the strong place of the sea has said, I have not been with child, o... Focus ↗

5 When the news comes to Egypt they will be bitterly pained at the fate of Tyre.

6 Go over to Tarshish; give cries of sorrow, O men of the sea-land. Focus ↗

7 Is this the town which was full of joy, whose start goes back to times long past, whose wanderings t... Focus ↗

8 By whom was this purposed against Tyre, the crowning town, whose traders are chiefs, whose business... Focus ↗

9 It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those... Focus ↗

10 Let your land be worked with the plough, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer any harbour. Focus ↗

11 His hand is stretched out over the sea, the kingdoms are shaking: the Lord has given orders about Ca... Focus ↗

12 And he said, There is no more joy for you, O crushed virgin daughter of Zidon: up! go over to Kittim... Focus ↗

13 ... Focus ↗

14 Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish: because your strong place is made waste. Focus ↗

15 And it will be in that day that Tyre will go out of mind for seventy years, that is, the days of one... Focus ↗

16 Take an instrument of music, go about the town, O loose woman who has gone out from the memory of ma... Focus ↗

17 And it will be after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will have mercy on Tyre, and she will g... Focus ↗

18 And her goods and her trade will be holy to the Lord: they will not be kept back or stored up; for h... Focus ↗

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