Holy Scripture
Isaiah 23:2
A church father on this verse
“Still, it was when humanity was in this state that the Word—the Son—came to seek and to find that which was lost. Even before he came, he tried to restrain us from such foolishness, crying out, "Don't be like the horse and the mule which have no understanding and whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle." And b…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2To whom are the dwellers in the island become like, the merchants of Phoenicia, passing over the sea
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1The word concerning Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Carthage; for she has perished, and men no longer arrive from the land of the Kittim: she is led captive.
— Isaiah 23:2 —
3in great waters, a generation of merchants? as when the harvest is gathered in, so are these traders with the nations.
4Be ashamed, O Sidon: the sea has said, yea, the strength of the sea has said, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, nor have I brought up young men, nor reared virgins.