Isaiah 33:23

The enemy of Israel, represented here as a disabled ship, would not be able to overcome other cities or pursue trade by normal means. [Note: Harold R. Holmyard, III, "Does Isaiah 33:23 Address Israel or Israel’s Enemy?" Bibliotheca Sacra 152:607 (July-September 1995):273-78.] Some interpreters believe the ship refers to Israel or Jerusalem, [Note: E.g., Delitzsch, 2:65-66.] but this seems less likely. Zion would take the spoil of a conquest that her king had gained that was now past. The physically weak would take the plunder of the strong (cf. Matthew 5:5). Assyrian kings boasted of the spoil that they took in war, but even the lame among God’s people will take plunder.