Isaiah 23:11
His hand, hath he stretched out over the sea, He hath shaken kingdoms,—Yahweh, hath given command against the Phoenician coast, To destroy her fortresses.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
10Pass through thy land as the Nile,—O daughter of Tarshish, there is no restraint any longer!
Cross References
Genesis 10:15And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth:
Exodus 14:21And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and Yahweh carried away the sea by a mighty east wind all the night, and turned the sea into dry land,—and the waters were cloven asunder.
Psalms 46:6Nations have roared, Kingdoms have tottered, He hath uttered his voice, Earth melteth.
Isaiah 2:19And they shall enter into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of clay,—Because of the terribleness of Yahweh, And for his majestic splendour, When he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isaiah 14:16They who see thee, upon thee, will gaze, Upon thee, will thoughtfully muse,—Is this the man who startled the earth? Who terrified kingdoms?
Isaiah 23:3Yea on mighty waters, was the grain of Shihor, The harvest of the Nile, was her increase,—And so she became 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 →