John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 33:23
Thy tacklings are loosed ,.... Or "are left" F8 So the word is interpreted by Kimchi and Ben Melech. ; forsaken by the mariners, as being of no use and service: they could not well strengthen their mast ; with ropes to make it stand upright: they could not spread the sail ; upon the mast, without which they could not proceed. This is spoken to and of the enemies of the church; most interpreters understand it of the Assyrians, who are compared to a ship in great distress at sea,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 33:13-24
Here is a preface that commands attention; and it is fit that all should attend, both near and afar off, to what God says and does (Isa. 33:13): Hear, you that are afar off, whether in place or time. Let distant regions and future ages hear what God has done. They do so; they will do so from the scripture, with as much assurance as those that were near, the neighbouring nations and those that lived at that time. But whoever hears what God has done, whether near or afar off, let them... read more