"Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, {even} the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring fort…" — Isaiah 23:4

Isaiah 23:4 · KJV

“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.”

— Isaiah 23:4

Verse 3

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

Verse 5

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

Isaiah 23 — Context

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

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

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.

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

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

Cross References

Revelation 18:23

And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

Jeremiah 47:3-4

At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong {horses}, at the rushing of his chariots, {and at} the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to {their} children for feebleness of hands;

Genesis 10:19

And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. {Gaza: Heb. Azzah}

Ezekiel 26:3-6

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I {am} against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

Hosea 9:11-14

{As for} Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

Genesis 10:15

And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, {Sidon: Heb. Tzidon}