Isaiah 2:16

And for all ships of Tarshish, || And for all desirable pictures.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

In Context

15And for every high tower, || And for every fortified wall,

17And the haughtiness of man has been bowed down, || And the loftiness of men humbled, || And YHWH alone has been set on high in that day.

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Cross References

Numbers 33:52then you have dispossessed all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and have destroyed all their imagery, indeed, you destroy all their molten images, and you lay waste [to] all their high places,

1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, and they did not go, for the ships were broken in Ezion-Geber.

Isaiah 23:1The Burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish, || For it has been destroyed, || Without house, without entrance, || From the land of Chittim it was revealed to them.

Revelation 18:11And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo anymore;

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 →

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