Isaiah 23:11
He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
King James Version
In Context
10Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
Cross References
Genesis 10:15And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
Exodus 14:21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Psalms 46:6The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Isaiah 2:19And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isaiah 14:16They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
Isaiah 23:3And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of 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 →