Verse 4
Isaiah 23:4
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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Be thou ashamed, O Sidon: for the sea speaketh, even the strength of the sea, saying: I have not been in labour, nor have I brought forth, nor have I nourished up young men, nor brought up virgins.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בּ֣וֹשִׁי צִיד֔וֹן כִּֽי אָמַ֣ר יָ֔ם מָע֥וֹז הַ/יָּ֖ם לֵ/אמֹ֑ר לֹֽא חַ֣לְתִּי וְ/לֹֽא יָלַ֗דְתִּי וְ/לֹ֥א גִדַּ֛לְתִּי בַּחוּרִ֖ים רוֹמַ֥מְתִּי בְתוּלֽוֹת
English Translation
I am ashamed, Sidon, for the sea has said, “I am a fortress, the sea has said, ‘I have not labored, and I have not given birth, and I have not raised up young men; I have exalted maidens.’”
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Chapter 23 Context
1
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea, for the house is destroyed, from whence they were won...
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2
Be silent, you that dwell in the island: the merchants of Sidon passing over the sea, have filled th...
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3
The seed of the Nile in many waters, the harvest of the river is her revenue: and she is become the...
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4
Be thou ashamed, O Sidon: for the sea speaketh, even the strength of the sea, saying: I have not bee...
5
When it shall be heard in Egypt, they will be sorry when they shall hear of Tyre:
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6
Pass over the seas, howl, ye inhabitants of the island.
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7
Is not this your city, which gloried from of old in her antiquity? her feet shall carry her afar off...
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8
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, that was formerly crowned, whose merchants were princes, a...
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9
The Lord of hosts hath designed it, to pull down the pride of all glory, and bring to disgrace all t...
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10
Pass thy land as a river, O daughter of the sea, thou hast a girdle no more.
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11
He stretched out his hand over the sea, he troubled kingdoms: the Lord hath given a charge against C...
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12
And he said: Thou shalt glory no more, O virgin daughter of Sidon, who art oppressed: arise and sail...
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13
Behold the land of the Chaldeans, there was not such a people, the Assyrian founded it: they have le...
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14
Howl, O ye ships of the sea, for your strength is laid waste.
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15
And it shall come to pass in that day that thou, O Tyre, shalt be forgotten, seventy years, accordin...
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16
Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten: sing well, sing many a song, t...
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17
And it shall come to pass after seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and will bring her bac...
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18
And her merchandise and her hire shall be sanctified to the Lord: they shall not be kept in store, n...
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