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Isaiah 23:4

Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”

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ASV

Be thou ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea hath spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.

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.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בּ֣וֹשִׁיBo.o.shibe ashamedH954 →
צִיד֔וֹןtzi.DonO SidonH6721 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marit has saidH559 →
יָ֔םYam[the] seaH3220 →
מָע֥וֹזma.'oz[the] stronghold ofH4581 →
הַיָּ֖םhai.Yamthe seaH3220 →
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
חַ֣לְתִּיChal.tiI have been in laborH2342 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יָלַ֗דְתִּיya.Lad.tiI have given birthH3205 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
גִדַּ֛לְתִּיgi.Dal.tiI have brought upH1431 →
בַּחוּרִ֖יםba.chu.Rimyoung menH970 →
רוֹמַ֥מְתִּיro.Mam.tiI have raisedH7311 →
בְתוּלֽוֹת׃ve.tu.Lotyoung womenH1330 →

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Revelation 18:23The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”Genesis 10:19and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.Hosea 9:11–14Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.Ezekiel 26:3–6therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.Genesis 10:15And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,Jeremiah 47:3–4at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.Ezekiel 26:17Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!Judges 18:28There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.Joshua 19:28It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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