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Isaiah 23:7

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!

Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?

8 Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?

9 The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.

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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
Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?
KJV
Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
WEB
Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her far away to travel?
ASV
Is this your joyous [city], whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn?
DARBY
Is this your joyous [city], whose antiquity is of ancient days? Her feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
BLB
[Is] this your⁺ jubilant one, whose origin [is] from days of old? Her own feet carried her to settle far away.
ÅB
Er dette deres jublende by, som ble til i fordums dager, hvis føtter bærer den bort til å bo som fremmed i det fjerne?
OTB
Er dette din gledens by, hvis opprinnelse er fra eldgamle tider, hvis føtter bar henne til å bosette seg i fjerne land?
B1930
Er dette eders jublende by, som blev til i fordums dager, hvis føtter bærer den bort til å bo som fremmed i det fjerne?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 22:2

    O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.

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  • Joshua 19:29

    The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,

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  • Ecclesiastes 10:7

    I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.

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  • Isaiah 47:1–2

    “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.

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  • Isaiah 32:13

    and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.

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