Isaiah 23:11
His hand He hath stretched out over the sea, He hath caused kingdoms to tremble, Jehovah hath charged concerning the merchant one, To destroy her strong places.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10Pass through thy land as a brook, Daughter of Tarshish, there is no more a girdle.
Cross References
Genesis 10:15And Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
Exodus 14:21And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the sea, and Jehovah causeth the sea to go on by a strong east wind all the night, and maketh the sea become dry ground, and the waters are cleaved,
Psalms 46:6Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.
Isaiah 2:19And [men] have entered into caverns of rocks, And into caves of dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.
Isaiah 14:16Thy beholders look to thee, to thee they attend, Is this the man causing the earth to tremble, Shaking kingdoms?
Isaiah 23:3And in many waters [is] the seed of Sihor, The harvest of the brook [is] her increase, 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 →