When the report reaches Egypt,
They will be in (A)anguish at the report of Tyre.
Pass over to (B)Tarshish;
Wail, O inhabitants of the coastland.
Is this your (C)jubilant city,
Whose origin is from antiquity,
Whose feet used to carry her to [a]colonize distant places?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:7 Lit sojourn afar off

10 [a]Overflow your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish,
There is no more [b]restraint.
11 He has (A)stretched His hand out (B)over the sea,
He has (C)made the kingdoms tremble;
The Lord has given a command concerning Canaan to (D)demolish its strongholds.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:10 Lit Pass over
  2. Isaiah 23:10 Perhaps girdle or shipyard