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Be ashamed, Sidon, because the sea[a] has spoken,
    the fortress of the sea:
I have neither been in labor nor given birth,
    I have neither reared young men
        nor brought up young women.”
When the news reaches Egypt,
    they will be in anguish
        at the report about Tyre.

“You who are crossing over[b] to Tarshish—
    Wail, you inhabitants of the coast!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:4 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsaa MT read for he
  2. Isaiah 23:6 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read Cross over

Be ashamed, Sidon,(A) and you fortress of the sea,
    for the sea has spoken:
“I have neither been in labor nor given birth;(B)
    I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.”
When word comes to Egypt,
    they will be in anguish(C) at the report from Tyre.(D)

Cross over to Tarshish;(E)
    wail, you people of the island.

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