Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Isaiah 23:3
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On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.
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And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, [is] her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
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On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.
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And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.
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Isaiah 23
1 This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
2 Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
3 On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.
4 Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
5 When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
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