Verses 11-12
The Lord had stretched His hand over the sea in judgment, as He had over Egypt long ago (cf. Exodus 14:16; Exodus 15:4-6; Exodus 15:12). The sea was His province, not Tyre’s (cf. Jonah 1:3-4). He had made all kingdoms tremble by condemning the whole Gentile Canaan region to judgment. The Phoenician coastal cities would have no more joy, peace, or security. Their residents would flee to Cyprus, Tarshish, and elsewhere but would not be able to find rest.
"Phoenicia called itself Kena’an (Canaan); but this is the only passage in the Old Testament in which the name occurs in this most restricted sense." [Note: Delitzsch, 1:410.]
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