イザヤ書 23:16-17 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 23:15-18

Here is, I. The time fixed for the continuance of the desolations of Tyre, which were not to be perpetual desolations: Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, Isa. 23:15. So long it shall lie neglected and buried in obscurity. It was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar much about the time that Jerusalem was, and lay as long as it did in its ruins. See the folly of that proud ambitious conqueror. What the richer, what the stronger, was he for making himself master of Tyre, when all the inhabitants were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 23:16

Take a harp, go about the city ,.... As harlots used to do, that by their music, both vocal and instrumental, they might allure men into their company to commit fornication with them; so Tyre is directed to, or rather this is a prophecy that she should take very artful and ensnaring methods to restore her commerce and merchandise: thou harlot that hast been forgotten ; See Gill on Isaiah 23:15 , make sweet melody ; or, "do well by striking" F11 הטיבי נגן "benefac pulsando",... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 23:17

And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years ,.... When the seventy years before mentioned are ended: that the Lord will visit Tyre ; not in judgment, as before, but in mercy: and she shall return to her hire ; trade and merchandise; that shall revive, and be as in times past: and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world, upon the face of the earth ; be a mart of nations again, as in Isaiah 23:3 that is, trade and traffic with all nations of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 23:17

After the end of seventy years - Tyre, after its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar, recovered, as it is here foretold, its ancient trade, wealth, and grandeur; as it did likewise after a second destruction by Alexander. It became Christian early with the rest of the neighboring countries. St. Paul himself found many Christians there, Acts 21:4 . It suffered much in the Diocletian persecution. It was an archbishopric under the patriarchate of Jerusalem, with fourteen bishoprics under its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 23:1-18

The fall of Tyre. I. THE ANCIENT FAME OF TYRO . Consecrated to Melkarth, the principal god of the city, the temple on the island, the supposed site of the ancient city, is said by Arrian to have been the most ancient within the memory of man. Ezekiel speaks of Tyre as "in the midst of the seas" ( Ezekiel 27:25 , Ezekiel 27:26 ). The Tyrians were closely connected with the Zidonians, those famous "hewers of timber" ( 1 Kings 5:6 ). And perhaps the Zidonians of Homer include... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 23:15-18

TYRE 'S RESTORATION TO PROSPERITY AND CONVERSION TO JEHOVAH . After an interval, expressed by the symbolic number of" seventy years," Tyre is to rise from her ashes, and become once more a prosperous state, resuming her former occupation of a "merchant city," and once more making great gains, which she will devote to the service of Jehovah. St. Jerome thought that this prophecy had not been accomplished in his day. If so, it cannot be said to have been accomplished yet;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 23:16

Take an harp . Harlots in the East, and indeed in the West also in ancient times (Her; 'Epist.,' 1.14, 1. 25), were expected to be musicians. The harp and the guitar were their usual instruments. Forgotten harlot . In addressing. Tyro as a "harlot," the prophet does not seem to mean more than that her aims were, or at any rate had been, selfish and worldly, such as sever between man and God. She had pursued wealth for the enjoyments that it brought her, not in order to make a good use of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 23:17

The Lord will visit Tyre . In mercy, not in judgment (cf. Jeremiah 27:22 ; Jeremiah 29:10 ). She shall turn to her hire; i.e. "to her commerce," to her former mode of life. But with the difference noted in Isaiah 23:18 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 23:17-18

The pursuit of wealth culpable or praiseworthy according to the object had in view. To seek gain for gain's sake, either for the mere purpose of hoarding and accumulating, and so having the satisfaction of feeling that one is rich (Her; 'Sat.,' 1.1, 11. 66, 67), or to expend it on one's self in luxuries and enjoyments of various kinds, though perhaps beneficial to the community whereto a man belong, is injurious to his own moral character, and an offence to God. Covetousness, the apostle... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 23:16

Take an harp - This is a continuation of the figure commenced in the previous verse, a direct command to Tyre as an harlot, to go about the city with the usual expressions of rejoicing. Thus Donatus, in Terent. Eunuch., iii. 2, 4, says:‘Fidicinam esse meretricum est;’And thus Horace:‘Nec meretrix tibicina, cujusAd strepitum salias.’1 Epis. xiv. 25.Thou harlot that hast been forgotten - For seventy years thou hast lain unknown, desolate, ruined.Make sweet melody ... - Still the prophet keeps up... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 23:15-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 23:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 23:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 23:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 23:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 23:15-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 23:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 23:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 23:17-18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 23:16

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