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Isaiah 23:1-2
Common English Bible
Isaiah 23:1-2
Common English Bible
Concerning Tyre
23 An oracle about Tyre.
Wail, ships of Tarshish,
because your port is destroyed![a]
When returning from Cyprus, they heard about it.
2 Be still, inhabitants of the coast, traders of Sidon,
whose messengers crossed over the sea,[b]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:1 Heb uncertain
- Isaiah 23:2 Correction; MT one crossing over the sea filled you
Isaiah 23:1-2
King James Version
Isaiah 23:1-2
King James Version
23 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
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