Isaiah 23:2

To whom are the dwellers in the island become like, the merchants of Phoenice, passing over the sea

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

In Context

1THE WORD CONCERNING TYRE. Howl, you⌃ ships of Carthage; for she has perished, and men no longer arrive from the land of the Citians: she is led captive.

3in great waters, a generation of merchants? as when the harvest is gathered in, so are these traders with the nations.

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Cross References

Isaiah 47:5Sit you down pierced with woe, go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: you shall no more be called the strength of a kingdom.

Ezekiel 27:8And your princes were the dwellers in Sidon, and the Aradians were your rowers: your wise men, O Sor, who were in you, these were your pilots.

Habakkuk 2:20But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth fear before him.

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 →

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