Isaiah 23:5-7
Contemporary English Version
5 When Egypt hears about Tyre,
it will tremble.
6 All of you along the coast
had better cry and sail
far across the ocean.[a]
7 Can this be the happy city
that has stood for centuries?
Its people have spread
to distant lands;
Footnotes
- 23.6 far across the ocean: The Hebrew text has “to Tarshish,” probably meaning a long distance.
Isaiah 23:5-7
English Standard Version
5 When the report comes to Egypt,
they will be in anguish[a] over the report about Tyre.
6 (A)Cross over to Tarshish;
wail, O inhabitants of the coast!
7 Is this your exultant city
(B)whose origin is from days of old,
whose feet carried her
to settle far away?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:5 Hebrew they will have labor pains
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