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Isaiah 23:1-2
Evangelical Heritage Version
Isaiah 23:1-2
Evangelical Heritage Version
A Prophecy About Tyre
23 An oracle about Tyre.
Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
Because Tyre has been destroyed—
no more house or harbor![a]
This is the news they heard from Cyprus.[b]
2 Be silent, you who live along the coast,
you merchants of Sidon,
whose agents have crossed the sea[c]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:1 The meaning of this line is uncertain.
- Isaiah 23:1 Hebrew Kittim, a term which may include other areas of the Mediterranean besides Cyprus
- Isaiah 23:2 The translation follows a reading from the Hebrew Dead Sea Scroll of Isaiah. The literal reading in the Masoretic text is the one passing over the sea they have replenished you.
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