Isaiah 23:2-4

International Standard Version

² “Be silent,^[a] you inhabitants of the coast,
    you merchants of Sidon,
        whose messengers crossed over the sea,^[b]
3 and were on mighty waters.
    Her revenue was the grain of Shihor,
the harvest of the Nile;
    and she became the marketplace of nations.
⁴ Be ashamed, Sidon, because the sea^[c] has spoken,
    the fortress of the sea:
I have neither been in labor nor given birth,
    I have neither reared young men
        nor brought up young women.”