Major Prophets
What should a child notice in Isaiah 23?
Isaiah 23 opens with these words: “The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From the land of Kittim…” The line to keep is Isaiah 23:7: “Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her far away to travel?” Carry the word “joyous” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Isaiah 23:7: “Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her far away to travel?” What happens first in Isaiah 23?
Isaiah 23:7
“Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her far away to travel?”
Isaiah 23:3
“On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.”
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Practice Isaiah 23:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Isthisyourcity,whoseantiquityisofancientdays,feetherfarawaytotravel?