Isaiah 23:4

בּוֹשִׁי צִידוֹן כִּֽי ־ אָמַר יָם מָעוֹז הַיָּם לֵאמֹר לֹֽא ־ חַלְתִּי וְלֹֽא ־ יָלַדְתִּי וְלֹא גִדַּלְתִּי בַּחוּרִים רוֹמַמְתִּי בְתוּלֽוֹת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

3וּבְמַיִם רַבִּים זֶרַע שִׁחֹר קְצִיר יְאוֹר תְּבֽוּאָתָהּ וַתְּהִי סְחַר גּוֹיִֽם ׃

5כַּֽאֲשֶׁר ־ שֵׁמַע לְמִצְרָיִם יָחִילוּ כְּשֵׁמַע צֹֽר ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 10:15וּכְנַעַן יָלַד אֶת ־ צִידֹן בְּכֹרוֹ וְאֶת ־ חֵֽת ׃

Jeremiah 47:3מִקּוֹל שַֽׁעֲטַת פַּרְסוֹת אַבִּירָיו מֵרַעַשׁ לְרִכְבּוֹ הֲמוֹן גַּלְגִּלָּיו לֹֽא ־ הִפְנוּ אָבוֹת אֶל ־ בָּנִים מֵֽרִפְיוֹן יָדָֽיִם ׃

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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