Isaiah 23:2–9

2 Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland,

You merchants of Sidon,

3Whom those who cross the sea have filled.

3 And on great waters the grain of Shihor,

The harvest of 4the River, is her revenue;

And bshe is a marketplace for the nations.

4 Be ashamed, O Sidon;

For the sea has spoken,

The strength of the sea, saying,

“I do not labor, nor bring forth children;

Neither do I rear young men,

Nor bring up virgins.”

5 cWhen the report reaches Egypt,

They also will be in agony at the report of Tyre.

6 Cross over to Tarshish;

Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!

7 Is this your djoyous city,

Whose antiquity is from ancient days,

Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?

8 Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, ethe crowning city,

Whose merchants are princes,

Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?

9 The Lord of hosts has fpurposed it,

To 5bring to dishonor the gpride of all glory,

To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.