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Isaiah 23:7

5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

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

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

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

9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable 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

    Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

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  • Joshua 19:29

    And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:

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  • Ecclesiastes 10:7

    I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

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  • Isaiah 47:1–2

    Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

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  • Isaiah 32:13

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

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