Isaiah 23:7

Has this happened to you, the joyful city, whose origin is from ancient times, 1 whose feet carried her far away to foreign places to settle? 1

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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 to Tarshish; wail, you inhabitants of the coast. 1

8Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, 1 whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honored ones of the earth? 1

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:7I have seen slaves riding horses, 2 and successful men walking like slaves on the ground. 1

Isaiah 32:13The land of my people will be overgrown with thorns and briers, 1 even in all the once joyful houses in the city of revelry. 1

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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