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Isaiah 23:2-12 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

2. Silence! you who dwell on the coast,you merchants of Sidon,Whose messengers crossed the sea

3. over the deep waters,Whose revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile,you who were the merchant among the nations.

4. Be ashamed, Sidon, fortress on the sea,for the sea has spoken,“I have not been in labor, nor given birth,nor raised young men,nor reared young women.”

5. When the report reaches Egyptthey shall be in anguish at the report about Tyre.

6. Pass over to Tarshish,wail, you who dwell on the coast!

7. Is this your exultant city,whose origin is from old,Whose feet have taken herto dwell in distant lands?

8. Who has planned such a thingagainst Tyre, the bestower of crowns,Whose merchants are princes,whose traders are the earth’s honored men?

9. The Lord of hosts has planned it,to disgrace the height of all beauty,to degrade all the honored of the earth.

10. Cross to your own land,ship of Tarshish;the harbor is no more.

11. His hand he stretches out over the sea,he shakes kingdoms;The Lord commanded the destructionof Canaan’s strongholds:

12. Crushed, you shall exult no more,virgin daughter Sidon.Arise, pass over to the Kittim,even there you shall find no rest.

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