Isaiah 23:7

Whether this city is not yours, that had glory from eld days in his eldness? the feet thereof shall lead it [a] far, to go in pilgrimage, (or its feet shall take it far away, to go on a journey).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 the seas; yell ye, that dwell in the isle. (Go ye over to Tarshish; yell, ye who live on the island.)

8Who thought this thing on Tyre (or Who thought this word against Tyre), (that was) sometime crowned, whose merchants were princes, (yea), the sellers of (the) merchandise thereof were (the) noble men of [the] earth?

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:7I saw servants on horses, and princes as servants going on the earth. (I saw servants riding on horses, and princes, or leaders, walking on the ground like servants.)

Isaiah 32:13Thorns and briars shall ascend on the earth of my people; how much more on all the houses of joy of the city making full out joy? (Thorns and briars shall grow on the land of my people, and how much more in all the houses of joy, in the city making full out joy?)

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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