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Isaiah 23:4

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Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.

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The surrounding passage

  1. Isaiah 23:2

    Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

  2. Isaiah 23:3

    And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

  3. Isaiah 23:5

    As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

  4. Isaiah 23:6

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

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.