Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 23:5
5When the news reaches Egypt, they will be in anguish over the news about Tyre.
Isaiah 23:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
- New International Version (NIV)When word comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report from Tyre.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish over the report about Tyre.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When the report reaches Egypt, They also will be in agony at the report of Tyre.
Context of Isaiah 23:5
3over deep water. Tyre’s revenue was the grain from Shihor — the harvest of the Nile. She was the merchant among the nations. 4Be ashamed, Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.” When the news reaches Egypt, they will be in anguish over the news about Tyre. 6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, inhabitants of the coastland! 7Is this your jubilant city, whose origin was in ancient times, whose feet have taken her to reside far away?
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כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־שֵׁ֖מַע לְמִצְרָ֑יִם יָחִ֖ילוּ כְּשֵׁ֥מַע צֹֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 23:5
- Isaiah 19:16On that day Egypt will be like women and will tremble with fear because of the threatening hand of the Lord of Armies when he raises it against them.
- Exodus 15:14When the peoples hear, they will shudder; anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia.
- Joshua 2:9and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and everyone who lives in the land is panicking because of you.
- Ezekiel 26:15This is what the Lord God says to Tyre: “Won’t the coasts and islands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan and slaughter occurs within you?
- Ezekiel 27:29All the oarsmen disembark from their ships. The sailors and all the captains of the sea stand on the shore.
- Ezekiel 28:19All those who know you among the peoples are appalled at you. You have become an object of horror and will never exist again.’”
- Revelation 18:17for in a single hour such fabulous wealth was destroyed! And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off
Commentaries on Isaiah 23:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5As at the report concerning Egypt - According to our translation, this verse would seem to mean that the Sidonians and other nations had been pained or grieved at the report of the calamities that had come upon Egypt, and that they would be similarly affected at the report concerning Tyre. In accordance with this, some (as Jarchi) have understood it of the plagues of Egypt, and suppose that the prophet means to say, that as the nations were astonished at…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Egypt relied on ships from Tyre to export its products (see Isaiah 23:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. As, &c.--rather, "When the report (shall reach) the people of Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report concerning Tyre" (namely, its overthrow). So Jerome, "When the Egyptians shall hear that so powerful a neighboring nation has been destroyed, they must know their own end is near" [Lowth, &c.].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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