Isaiah 2:16
He will wipe out all the commercial ships of Tarshish as well as the pleasure vessels.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
In Context
15He will tear down every high tower and every defensive wall.
Cross References
Numbers 33:52you must drive out everyone living in the land, destroy all their carved images and metal idols, and tear down all their pagan temples.
1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat built seagoing ships to sail to Ophir for gold, but they didn't go because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
Isaiah 23:1A message about Tyre. Howl, people on the ships of Tarshish! Tyre has been destroyed—nothing is left of the houses and the harbor. They heard the news from the people of Cyprus.
Revelation 18:11The traders of the earth cry and grieve over her, because nobody is buying their goods any more—
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 2:11-22
The Doom of Idolaters. ( b. c. 758.) 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord , and for the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all… Read the whole commentary →