Isaiah 23:11
He stretched out his hand over the sea, he troubled kingdoms: the Lord hath given a charge against Chanaan, to destroy the strong ones thereof.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
10Pass thy land as a river, O daughter of the sea, thou hast a girdle no more.
Cross References
Genesis 10:15And Chanaan begot Sidon, his firstborn, the Hethite,
Exodus 14:21And when Moses had stretched forth his hand over the sea, the Lord took it away by a strong and burning wind blowing all the night, and turned it into dry ground: and the water was divided.
Psalms 46:6God is in the midst thereof, it shall not be moved: God will help it in the morning early.
Isaiah 2:19And they shall go into the holes of rocks, and into the caves of the earth from the face of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall rise up to strike the earth.
Isaiah 14:16They that shall see thee, shall turn toward thee, and behold thee. Is this the man that troubled the earth, that shook kingdoms,
Isaiah 23:3The seed of the Nile in many waters, the harvest of the river is her revenue: and she is become the mart of the nations.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 23:2-15
The Doom of Tyre. ( b. c. 718.) 1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. 2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. 3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. 4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I… Read the whole commentary →