Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her far away to travel?
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Isaiah 23:7 in context
Isaiah 23:4–10
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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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The LORD of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
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Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.
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