Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

3 And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue ; and it was the gain of nations.

4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon ; for the sea, the stronghold of the sea, speaketh: I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished up young men, nor brought up virgins.

5 When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

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

[*](24. ‘honour’: word also means ‘weight.’)[*](2. ‘merchants,’ sing. collective.)[*](3. Or, ‘she was the mart of nations.)[*](5 init. Or, ‘ As was the report concerning Egypt...)

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7 Is this your jubilant one? from the ancient days is her antiquity; her feet bore her far away to sojourn.

8 Who hath ’this against Tyre, the crowning city? whose merchants were princes, whose traffickers were the honourable of the earth.

9 The Lord of Hosts hath purposed it, to profane the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

10 Pass through thy land as the river, daughter of Tarshish 3 there is no girdle any more.

11 He hath stretched out his hand Over the sea, he hath disquieted kingdoms 3 the Lord hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof.