NET Bible
"Lament, you residents of the coast, you merchants of Sidon who travel over the sea, whose agents sail over"
— Isaiah 23:2, NET Bible
“Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.”
“Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. ”
“Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.”
“Be silent, you that dwell in the island: the merchants of Sidon passing over the sea, have filled thee.”
“Send out a cry of grief, you men of the sea-land, traders of Zidon, who go over the sea, whose representatives are on great waters;”
“Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.”
The Lord Will Judge Tyre This is an oracle about Tyre: Wail, you large ships, for the port is too devastated to enter! From the land of Cyprus this news is announced to them.
Lament, you residents of the coast, you merchants of Sidon who travel over the sea, whose agents sail over
the deep waters! Grain from the Shihor region, crops grown near the Nile she receives; she is the trade center of the nations.
Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea says this, O fortress of the sea:“I have not gone into labor or given birth; I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
When the news reaches Egypt, they will be shaken by what has happened to Tyre.