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Silence! you who dwell on the coast,
    you merchants of Sidon,
Whose messengers crossed the sea
    over the deep waters,
Whose revenue was the grain of Shihor,[a] the harvest of the Nile,
    you who were the merchant among the nations.(A)
Be ashamed, Sidon, fortress on the sea,
    for the sea[b] has spoken,
“I have not been in labor, nor given birth,
    nor raised young men,
    nor reared young women.”

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Footnotes

  1. 23:3 Shihor: a synonym for the Nile.
  2. 23:4 The sea: here personified, it brings to distant coasts the news that Sidon must disown her children; her people are dispersed.