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Isaiah 23:4

Sidon

2 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.

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.”

5 When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.

6 Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!

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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 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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have not travailed, nor given birth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.”
ASV
Be thou ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea hath spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.
DARBY
Be thou ashamed, Sidon, for the sea hath spoken, the strength of the sea, saying, I have not travailed nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men [nor] brought up virgins.
BLB
Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea has spoken, the strength of the sea, saying: “I have not been pained and I have not brought forth children, and I have not nourished young men or brought up young women.”
ÅB
Skam deg, Sidon! - For havet, havets festning sier: Jeg har ikke hatt fødselsveer, heller ikke født, heller ikke oppfødd unge menn eller fostret jomfruer.
OTB
Skam deg, Sidon, for havet har talt, havets festning, og sagt: "Jeg har verken vært i fødsel eller født; jeg har verken oppdratt unge menn eller oppfostret døtre."
B1930
Skam dig, Sidon! - For havet, havets festning sier: Jeg har ikke hatt fødselsveer, heller ikke født, heller ikke opfødd unge menn eller fostret jomfruer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Revelation 18:23

    The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”

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  • Genesis 10:15

    And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

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  • Jeremiah 47:3–4

    at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.

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  • Ezekiel 26:3–6

    therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

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  • Hosea 9:11–14

    Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.

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  • Genesis 10:19

    and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

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