Verse 4
Isaiah 23:4
Free Bible Version
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Feel the shame, Sidon! For the fortress of the sea says, “I have no children, having never been in labor or given birth. I have not brought up young men or brought up young women.”
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
A message about Tyre. Howl, people on the ships of Tarshish! Tyre has been destroyed—nothing is left...
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2
Stay shocked into silence, people of the coastlands, merchants of Sidon, and sailors.
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3
Egyptian grain came across the wide oceans. The Nile's harvest was what made Tyre money; she was the...
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4
Feel the shame, Sidon! For the fortress of the sea says, “I have no children, having never been in l...
5
Sail across to Tarshish! Howl, people of the coastlands!
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6
Is this really your triumphant city, whose beginnings are from the distant past, who has sent out pe...
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7
Who planned this attack on Tyre? Tyre, who created kingdoms, whose merchants were princes, whose tra...
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8
The Lord Almighty planned it, to humble its pride in all its glory, and to bring down all who receiv...
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9
Work your land, people of Tarshish, as they do beside the Nile, for you don't have a harbor anymore.
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10
The Lord held his hand out over the sea and shook kingdoms. He has condemned Phoenicia, giving the o...
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11
He said, “Don't celebrate any more, mistreated virgin daughter of Sidon. Go and sail over to Cyprus—...
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12
Look at the country of the Babylonians, this people that are not as they used to be! The Assyrians h...
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13
Howl, people on the ships of Tarshish because your fortress is destroyed!
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14
At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, a king's lifetime, as it were. But at the end...
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15
“Take a lyre and walk around the city, forgotten prostitute! Play and sing so people will remember y...
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16
After seventy years, the Lord will restore Tyre. But then she will go back to hiring herself out as...
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17
However, her profits and what she earns will be consecrated to the Lord. They won't be kept or saved...
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