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Isaiah 23:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Your merchants sailed the seas, making you wealthy by trading with nation after nation. They brought back grain that grew along the Nile.

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David gathered everyone from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-Hamath in the north.

Fields along the Nile will be completely barren; every plant will disappear.

its merchants were kings honoured all over the world. Who planned to destroy Tyre?

You will have God's blessing, as you plant your crops beside streams, while your donkeys and cattle roam freely about.

and you trusted the power of Egypt and Assyria.

“Nations that received your merchandise were always pleased; kings everywhere got rich from your costly goods.

Your wisdom has certainly made you rich, because you have storehouses filled with gold and silver.

You've taken my prized possessions, including my silver and gold, and carried them off to your temples.

It's better land than you had in Egypt, where you had to struggle just to water your crops.