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and were on many waters;
    the grain of the Nile,
the harvest of the River[a] was her revenue;
    and she was the market of nations.

Be ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea has spoken,
    even the stronghold of the sea, saying,
“I have not travailed nor brought forth children;
    neither have I brought up young men nor raised virgins.”
When the report reaches Egypt,
    they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:3 Nile River.