Isaiah 23:2 meaning and explanation

Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.

Isaiah 23:2, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah 23 is a burden, a prophetic oracle, against Tyre, the great Phoenician trading city, and its sister city Sidon. The prophet speaks to the dwellers of the coastland, the people of the seacoast and the merchants of Sidon, whose traders had crossed the sea and grown rich.

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