Isaiah 23:2
Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
Revised Version 1895
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Psalms 46:10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
Isaiah 47:5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called The lady of kingdoms.
Ezekiel 27:8The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.
Habakkuk 2:20But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence 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 →