When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Isaiah 23:5 in context
Isaiah 23:2–8
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Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon that pass over the sea have replenished.
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On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.
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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.”
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When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre.
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Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coast!
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Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her far away to travel?
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Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
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