Isaiah 23:4

Be ashamed, O Sidon: the sea has said, yea, the strength of the sea has said, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, nor have I brought up young men, nor reared virgins.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.

In Context

3in great waters, a generation of merchants? as when the harvest is gathered in, so are these traders with the nations.

5Moreover when it shall be heard in Egypt, sorrow shall seize them for Tyre.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:15And Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and the Hittite,

Jeremiah 47:3and the Lord has done it; because ye sinned against him, and hearkened not to his voice.

Ezekiel 28:21Son of man, set thy face against Sidon, and prophesy against it,

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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