Isaiah 23:11

Isaiah 23:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord has stretched out his hand over the sea and made its kingdoms tremble. He has given an order concerning Phoenicia that her fortresses be destroyed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He has stretched out his hand over the sea; he has shaken the kingdoms; the Lord has given command concerning Canaan to destroy its strongholds.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He stretched out His hand over the sea, He shook the kingdoms; The Lord has given a commandment against Canaan To destroy its strongholds.

Context of Isaiah 23:11

9The Lord of hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all beauty, To bring into contempt and humiliation all the honored of the earth. 10Overflow your land like [the overflow of] the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; There is no more restraint [on you to make you pay tribute to Tyre]. He has stretched out His hand over the sea, He has shaken the kingdoms; The Lord has given a command concerning Canaan to destroy her strongholds and her fortresses [like Tyre and Sidon]. 12He has said, “You shall never again exult [in triumph], O crushed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Arise, cross over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.” 13Now look at the land of the Chaldeans (Babylonia)—this is the people which was not; the Assyrians allocated Tyre for desert creatures—they set up their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, they made it a ruin.

Isaiah 23:11 word by word

יָדוֹ֙ נָטָ֣ה עַל־הַיָּ֔ם הִרְגִּ֖יז מַמְלָכ֑וֹת יְהוָה֙ צִוָּ֣ה אֶל־כְּנַ֔עַן לַשְׁמִ֖ד מָעֻזְנֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He stretched outנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• his handיָדyâd · handH3027
• over the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• he shookרָגַזrâgaz · to trembleH7264
• the kingdomsמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath given a commandmentצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• against the merchantכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · CanaanH3667
• to destroyשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045
• the strongמָעוֹזmâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz mâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz · securityH4581

Cross-references for Isaiah 23:11

• Isaiah 2:19They [the stricken, deprived of all in which they had trusted] will go into the caves of the rocks And into the holes of the ground [fleeing] From the terror and dread of the Lord And from the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to terrify the earth.
• Isaiah 14:16Those who see you will gaze at you, They will consider you, saying, ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms,
• Exodus 15:8With the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up, The flowing waters stood up like a mound; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
• Psalms 46:6The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered and were moved; He raised His voice, the earth melted.
• Ezekiel 26:10Because of the great number of his horses, their dust will cover you; your walls [O Tyre] will shake from the noise of the horsemen and the wagons and the chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached.
• Ezekiel 27:34Now you are shattered by the seas In the depths of the waters; Your merchandise and all your crew Have gone down with you.
• Ezekiel 31:16I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit; and all the well-watered trees of Eden, the choicest and the best of Lebanon, will be comforted in the earth beneath [at Assyria’s downfall].
• Haggai 2:7I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the desirable and precious things of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory and splendor,’ says the Lord of hosts.
• Isaiah 10:6I send Assyria against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My wrath To take the spoil and to seize the plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.
• Psalms 71:3Be to me a rock of refuge and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually come; You have given the commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress.
• Jeremiah 47:7How can His sword be quiet When the Lord has given it an order? Against Ashkelon and against the [whole Philistine] seashore There He has assigned it.”
• Nahum 1:14The Lord has given a command concerning you [O king of Nineveh]: “Your name will no longer be perpetuated. I will cut off the carved idols and cast images From the temple of your gods; I will prepare your grave, For you are vile and unworthy.”
• Isaiah 23:3And they were on great waters. The grain of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile River, was Tyre’s revenue; And she was the market of nations.
• Hosea 12:7A merchant, in whose hand are false and fraudulent balances; He loves to oppress and exploit.
• Genesis 9:25So he said, “Cursed be Canaan [the son of Ham]; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers.”
• Genesis 10:15Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth

Commentaries on Isaiah 23:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11He stretched out his hand - That is, Yahweh (see Isaiah 23:9). To stretch out the hand is indicative of punishment (see the notes at Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 9:12), and means that God has resolved to inflict exemplary punishment on Tyre and its dependent colonies. Over the sea - That is, over the sea coast of Phenicia; or over the cities that were built on the coast. This alludes to the fact that Nebuchadnezzar would lay siege to these cities, and would ravage…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Phoenicia was the region north of Israel. Tyre and Sidon were its main cities.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. He--Jehovah. kingdoms--the Phoenician cities and colonies. the merchant city--rather, Canaan, meaning the north of it, namely, Phoenicia. On their coins, they call their country Canaan.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 23:11

• Cities
• Hand
• Tarshish

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Canaan; Canaanites
• Commerce
• Evil
• Isaiah
• Trade
• Cyprus
• Phoenicia, Syrophoenician

Commentaries on Isaiah 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings