イザヤ書 23:10-14 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 23:1-14

Tyre being a sea-port town, this prophecy of its overthrow fitly begins and ends with, Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for all its business, wealth, and honour, depended upon its shipping; if that be ruined, they will be all undone. Observe, I. Tyre flourishing. This is taken notice of that her fall may appear the more dismal. 1. The merchants of Zidon, who traded at sea, had at first replenished her, Isa. 23:2. Zidon was the more ancient city, situated upon the same sea-cost, a few leagues more... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 23:10

Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish ,.... Or, "of the sea", as the Vulgate Latin; meaning Tyre, which was situated in the sea, and did, as it were, spring from it, and was fortified by it, and supported by ships of merchandise on it, from various places; but now, being about to be destroyed, the inhabitants of it are called upon to pass through it, and get out of it as fast as they could, even as swiftly as a river runs, and in great abundance or multitudes. Kimchi... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 23:11

He stretched out his hand over the sea ,.... That is, the Lord of hosts, who had purposed to destroy Tyre, stretched out his hand of power over it, called the sea, as in Isaiah 23:4 because situated in it, supported by it, and had the sovereignty of it; in like manner as he stretched out his hand on the Red Sea, and destroyed Pharaoh and the Egyptians in it; to which the allusion may be: he shook the kingdoms ; of Tyre and Zidon, which were both kingdoms, and distinct ones; and also... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 23:12

And he said, thou shalt no more rejoice ,.... Not meaning that she should never more rejoice, but not for a long time, as Kimchi interprets it; when her calamity should come upon her, her jovial time, her time of mirth, jollity, and revelling, would be over for a time; for, at the end of seventy years, she should take her harp, and sing again, Isaiah 23:15 for the words seem to be spoken of Tyre, concerning whom the whole prophecy is; though some think Zidon is here meant, which, being... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 23:13

Behold the land of the Chaldeans ,.... Not Tyre, as some think, so called, because founded by the Chaldeans, who finding it a proper place for "ships", so they render the word "tziim", afterward used, and which is so interpreted by Jarchi, built the city of Tyre; but the country called Chaldea is here meant, and the Babylonish empire and monarchy, particularly Babylon, the head of it: this people was not ; a people, or of any great note and figure: till the Assyrian founded it for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 23:14

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish ,.... As in Isaiah 23:1 . See Gill on Isaiah 23:1 , for your strength is laid waste ; meaning Tyre, a strong seaport, where their ships were safe, and always found vent for their goods and merchandise; and so it was the strength and support of their country; but was now destroyed, and therefore was matter of lamentation and mourning. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 23:10

O daughter of Tarshish - Tyre is called the daughter of Tarshish; perhaps because, Tyre being ruined, Tarshish was become the superior city, and might be considered as the metropolis of the Tyrian people; or rather because of the close connection and perpetual intercourse between them, according to that latitude of signification in which the Hebrews use the words son and daughter to express any sort of conjunction and dependence whatever. מזח mezach , a girdle, which collects, binds, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 23:13

Behold the land of the Chaldeans - This verse is extremely obscure; the obscurity arises from the ambiguity of the agents, which belong to the verbs, and of the objects expressed by the pronouns; from the change of number of the verbs, and of gender in the pronouns. The MSS. give us no assistance, and the ancient Versions very little. The Chaldee and Vulgate read שמוה samoah , in the plural number. I have followed the interpretation which, among many different ones, seemed to be most... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 23:14

Howl, ye shops - The Prophet Ezekiel hath enlarged upon this part of the same subject with great force and elegance: - "Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Tyre: - At the sound of thy fall, at the cry of the wounded, At the great slaughter in the midst of thee, shall not the islands tremble? And shall not all the princes of the sea descend from their thrones, And lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments? They shall clothe themselves with trembling, they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 23:1-14

THE BURDEN OF TYRE . We hero reach the last of the "burdens"—the concluding chapter of the series of denunciatory prophecies which commenced with Isaiah 13:1-22 . It is an elegy "in three stanzas, or strophes" (Cheyne)—the first extending from Isaiah 13:1 to Isaiah 13:5 ; the second, thence to Isaiah 13:9 ; and the third from Isaiah 13:10 to Isaiah 13:14 . An undertone of sadness, and even of commiseration, prevails throughout it, the prophet viewing Tyre as a... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 23:1-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 23:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 23:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 23:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 23:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 23:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 23:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 23:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 23:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 23:1-14

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