Isaiah 23:2-4

New American Standard Bible 1995

^2 (A)Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon;
^[a]Your messengers crossed the sea
³ And were on many waters.
^(B)The grain of the ^[b](C)Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue;
And she was the ^(D)market of nations.
⁴ Be ashamed, O ^(E)Sidon;
For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying,
“I have neither travailed nor given birth,
I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins.”