Isaiah 23:7

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

Webster Bible

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

6Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.

8Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city , whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth?

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

Isaiah 32:13Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; also, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

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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