Isa 23:14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. Ver. 14. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish. ] He concludeth this prophecy of Tyre’s downfall as he began. Isa 23:1 The inhabitants of Tarshish, or Tarsus in Cilicia, were great ship masters; they sent a navy of a hundred ships to Xerxes when he went against Greece. read more
Isa 23:15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. Ver. 15. Tyre shall be forgotten, ] i.e., Laid aside by God, as if not at all minded in her misery: slighted also and unfrequented by men, as a withered harlot. Seventy years. ] So long as the Jews, whom they jeered, were held captives in Babylon. According to the days of one king, ] i.e., The duration... read more
Isa 23:16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. Ver. 16. Take an harp. ] In bidding her do so, he foretelleth that she shall do so - sc., ad ingenium suum redire, fall to her former practices. Make sweet melody, &c. ] The Tyrians were much addicted to music. Ezekiel 26:13 ; Eze 28:13 read more
Isa 23:17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. Ver. 17. The Lord will visit Tyre. ] Bad though she be, he will graciously visit her, both by suffering her to grow rich again, as here, and by converting some of them to the faith of Christ. Isa 23:18 See it fulfilled, Acts 21:3-5 . Eusebius also telleth of many made... read more
Isa 23:18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. Ver. 18. It shall not be treasured. ] Being once converted, they shall leave heaping and hoarding wealth, and find other use for it - viz., to feed and clothe God’s ministers and poor people freely and largely. And for durable clothing. ] The Vulgate hath it Vestientur... read more
am 3289, bc 715 burden: Tyre, whose destruction by Nebuchadnezzar is here foretold, was a city of Phoenicia, on the shore of the Mediterranean, twenty-four miles south of Sidon, and thirty-two north of Accho or Ptolemais, according to the Antonine and Jerusalem Itineraries, about latitude 33 degrees 18 minutes north, longitude 35 degrees 10 minutes east. There were two cities of this name; one on the continent called Pale Tyrus, or Old Tyre, according to Strabo, thirty stadia south of the... read more
still: Heb. silent, Isaiah 41:1, Isaiah 47:5, Psalms 46:10, Habakkuk 2:20 the isle: Ezekiel 27:3, Ezekiel 27:4, Ezekiel 28:2 the merchants: Ezekiel 27:8-Zephaniah : Reciprocal: Joshua 19:28 - great Isaiah 23:6 - howl Isaiah 23:12 - daughter Ezekiel 28:21 - Zidon Acts 27:3 - Sidon read more
Sihor: 1 Chronicles 13:5, Jeremiah 2:18 the harvest: Isaiah 32:20, Deuteronomy 11:10 she is: Isaiah 23:8, Ezekiel 27:33, Ezekiel 28:4, Joel 3:5, Revelation 18:11-1 Chronicles : Reciprocal: Isaiah 23:11 - against the merchant city Ezekiel 28:5 - and by read more
I travail: Jeremiah 47:3, Jeremiah 47:4, Ezekiel 26:3-Joshua :, Hosea 9:11-2 Chronicles :, Revelation 18:23 Reciprocal: Genesis 10:15 - Sidon Joshua 19:28 - great Judges 18:28 - far from Ezekiel 26:17 - strong read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 23:13
Isa 23:13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, [till] the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; [and] he brought it to ruin. Ver. 13. Behold the land of the Chaldeans, ] q.d., The Chaldees were once no such considerable people, but lay hid under the grandeur of the Assyrian monarchy, which did set them up. Howbeit in time the Assyrians at length were devoured by the Chaldees, Nineveh by... read more