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# Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast
Isaiah speaks to the people who live on the coast as if they could hear him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-apostrophe]])
# Be silent
This is an idiom. Here silence is meant to signal shock and amazement. Alternate translation: "Be shocked" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
# of the coast
The "coast" is the land near or around the sea or ocean. Here it refers to the people who live in Phoenicia which borders the Mediterranean sea.
# the merchant of Sidon, who travels over the sea, has filled you
Here "merchant" means "many merchants." Alternate translation: "the merchants of Sidon, who travel over the sea, have made you rich" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-genericnoun]])