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Isaiah 23:4

King James Version (KJV)

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Isaiah 23:4

Verse 4 of 18

Scripture focus

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.

Isaiah 23:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 23:4

Theological / Devotional

Be thou ashamed. To be without offspring was regarded as a disgrace (see on Gen. 16:4; 20:18; 30:23; 38:25). Sidon is here pictured as bemoaning the fact that she is without children. She sits alone, desolate and forsaken, weeping over her forlorn and helpless condition (see Isa. 47:7-9; Rev. 18:7). Strength. Heb. ma‘oz, “stronghold.”

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