Isaiah 23:7

Is this not your place, which from its earliest days has gloried in its antiquity? Her feet will lead her to a sojourn far away.

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In The King James Version

Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

In Context

6Cross over the seas. Wail, you inhabitants of the island!

8Who has made this plan against Tyre, which formerly was crowned, whose merchants were leaders, whose traders were illustrious on the earth?

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:7I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking on the ground like servants.

Isaiah 32:13Thorn and brier will rise up, over the soil of my people. How much more over all the houses of gladness, over the city of exultation?

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 23:2-15

The Doom of Tyre. ( b. c. 718.) 1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. 2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. 3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. 4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I… Read the whole commentary →

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