American Standard Version
Isaiah 23:7
7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn?
Isaiah 23:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
- New International Version (NIV)Is this your city of revelry, the old, old city, whose feet have taken her to settle in far-off lands?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Is this your exultant city whose origin is from days of old, whose feet carried her to settle far away?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Is this your joyous city, Whose antiquity is from ancient days, Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?
Context of Isaiah 23:7
5When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. 6Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast. Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn? 8Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth? 9Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
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הֲזֹ֥את לָכֶ֖ם עַלִּיזָ֑ה מִֽימֵי־קֶ֤דֶם קַדְמָתָהּ֙ יֹבִל֣וּהָ רַגְלֶ֔יהָ מֵֽרָח֖וֹק לָגֽוּר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Isaiah 23:7
- Isaiah 22:2O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.
- Joshua 19:29and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea by the region of Achzib;
- Isaiah 47:1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
- Ecclesiastes 10:7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.
Commentaries on Isaiah 23:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Whose antiquity is of ancient days "Whose antiquity is of the earliest date" - Justin, in the passage above quoted, had dated the building of Tyre at a certain number of years before the taking of Troy; but the number is lost in the present copies. Tyre, though not so old as Sidon, was yet of very high antiquity: it was a strong city even in the time of Joshua. It is called צר מבצר עיר ir mibtsar tsor, "the city of the fortress of Sor," Joshua 19:29…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Is this your joyous city - Is this the city that was just now so full of happiness, of revelry, of business, of gaiety, of rejoicing? (see the note at Isaiah 22:2) Whose antiquity is of ancient days - Strabo (xvi. 756) says, After Sidon, Tyre, a splendid and most ancient city, is to be compared in greatness, beauty, and antiquity, with Sidon.‘ Curtius (Hist. Alex. iv. 4) says, The city was taken, distinguished both by its antiquity, and its great variety…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-18Tyre was a wealthy seaport northwest of Israel. The connection between Judah and Tyre dates back to the time of David and Solomon (1 Kings 5:8–9). Tyre was near large forests and the Mediterranean Sea. It was a major trade center in the ancient Near East. Its ships were famous, and its colonies gave it great prestige and wealth. The city faced repeated attacks by the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Macedonians, and Alexander the Great conquered it in 332 BC…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Is this silent ruin all that is left of your once joyous city (Is 23:12)? antiquity--The Tyrian priests boasted in Herodotus' time that their city had already existed 2300 years: an exaggeration, but still implying that it was ancient even then. her own feet--walking on foot as captives to an enemy's land.Read the comment
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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
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