Bible verse
On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.
Isaiah 23:3 · BSB
The verses around it, from Isaiah 23.
1 This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
2 Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
3 On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.
4 Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
5 When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
6 Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
7 Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?
KJV
And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, [is] her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
ASV
And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.
ERV
And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.
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