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Isaiah 23:2

Sidon

1 This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.

Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.

3 On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.

4 Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
KJV
Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
WEB
Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon that pass over the sea have replenished.
ASV
Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
DARBY
Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle! The merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished thee.
BLB
Be still, O dwellers of the coastland, merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
ÅB
Bli stille, dere som bor på kysten som Sidons sjøfarende kjøpmenn oppfylte!
OTB
Vær stille, dere som bor ved kysten, dere kjøpmenn fra Sidon; deres sendebud har krysset havet.
B1930
Bli stille, I som bor på kysten som Sidons sjøfarende kjøbmenn opfylte!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 47:5

    “Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.

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  • Ezekiel 27:8–36

    The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains.

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  • Ezekiel 28:2

    “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

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  • Psalms 46:10

    “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

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  • Isaiah 41:1

    “Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.

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  • Ezekiel 27:3–4

    Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

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  • Habakkuk 2:20

    But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.

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