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Is this your exciting[a] city,
    that was founded long ago,
whose feet carried her
    to settle in far-off lands?
Who has planned this
    against Tyre,
        that bestower of crowns,
whose merchants were princes,[b]
    whose traders were the most renowned on earth?
The Lord of the Heavenly Armies has planned it—
    to neutralize all the hubris of grandeur,[c]
        to discredit all the renowned men of earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:7 Or happy
  2. Isaiah 23:8 So 1QIsaa corrector
  3. Isaiah 23:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads the hubris of all grandeur

Is this your city of revelry,(A)
    the old, old city,
whose feet have taken her
    to settle in far-off lands?
Who planned this against Tyre,
    the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants(B) are princes,
    whose traders(C) are renowned in the earth?
The Lord Almighty planned(D) it,
    to bring down(E) her pride in all her splendor
    and to humble(F) all who are renowned(G) on the earth.

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