Isaiah 23:5
As they are pained [at] the report of Egypt, || So [at] the report of Tyre.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
In Context
6Pass over to Tarshish, howl, you inhabitants of the island,
Cross References
Joshua 2:9and she says to the men, “I have known that YHWH has given the land to you, and that your terror has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted at your presence.
Ezekiel 26:15Thus said Lord YHWH to Tyre: “Do not—from the noise of your fall, || In the groaning of the wounded, || In the slaying of the slaughter in your midst—The islands shake?
Ezekiel 28:19All knowing you among the peoples || Have been astonished at you, || You have been terrors, and you are not—for all time.”
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 →