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Isaiah 23:10
10People of Tarshish, now you will have to grow your own crops. Grow them like they do beside the Nile river. Traders no longer come to Tyre to sell their things.
Isaiah 23:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
- New International Version (NIV)Till your land as they do along the Nile, Daughter Tarshish, for you no longer have a harbor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Cross over your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint anymore.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Overflow through your land like the River, O daughter of Tarshish; There is no more strength.
Context of Isaiah 23:10
8It is a royal city and its traders are princes. They are famous everywhere on earth. So who decided to destroy it? 9The Lord Almighty did that! He decided to show that the pride of those people is useless. He decided to bring all those famous people down low. People of Tarshish, now you will have to grow your own crops. Grow them like they do beside the Nile river. Traders no longer come to Tyre to sell their things. 11The Lord has lifted his hand up over the sea. He has made kingdoms shake with fear. He has given his command against Canaan, to destroy all its strong places. 12He says to Sidon's people, ‘Your parties have finished! Now it will be a time of pain for you. Move away, if you can! Travel to Cyprus. But you will still not be safe there.’
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עִבְרִ֥י אַרְצֵ֖ךְ כַּיְאֹ֑ר בַּת־תַּרְשִׁ֕ישׁ אֵ֖ין מֵ֥זַח עֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 23:10
- Isaiah 23:12He says to Sidon's people, ‘Your parties have finished! Now it will be a time of pain for you. Move away, if you can! Travel to Cyprus. But you will still not be safe there.’
- Isaiah 23:14So weep aloud, you great ships of Tarshish. Enemies have destroyed your strong place.
- 1 Samuel 28:20Saul immediately fell down on the ground and he lay there. He was very afraid because of what Samuel had said. Saul was also very weak because he had eaten nothing all that day and night.
- Job 12:21He causes rulers to be ashamed. He destroys the power of strong men.
- Lamentations 1:6Zion is not beautiful any longer. Her leaders are like animals without food. They are too weak to run from their enemies.
- Haggai 2:22Tell him that I will destroy the power of foreign kings. I will destroy their armies. Their horses and chariots will fall down. Their soldiers will fight against each other. They will kill each other with their swords.
- Romans 5:6At one time we were weak and we could not help ourselves. Then, at the right time, Christ died to save us. He died on behalf of people who have turned away from God.
- Psalms 18:32It is God who makes me strong. He shows me the safe way through my life.
Commentaries on Isaiah 23:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10O daughter of Tarshish - Tyre is called the daughter of Tarshish; perhaps because, Tyre being ruined, Tarshish was become the superior city, and might be considered as the metropolis of the Tyrian people; or rather because of the close connection and perpetual intercourse between them, according to that latitude of signification in which the Hebrews use the words son and daughter to express any sort of conjunction and dependence whatever. מזח mezach, a…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Pass through thy land as a river - This verse has been very variously understood. Vitringa supposes that it means that all that held the city together - its fortifications, walls, etc., would be laid waste, and that as a river flows on without obstruction, so the inhabitants would be scattered far and near. Everything, says he, would be leveled, and the field would not be distinguishable from the city. Grotius thus renders it: Pass to some one of thy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Cultivate your land like the Nile: This difficult phrase means either: that the sailors returning from Tarshish were invited to loot the ruined Tyre; or that the people of Tarshish had to return to farming to earn a living, since Tyre was destroyed and trading was no longer possible.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. a river--Hebrew, "the river," namely, Nile. daughter of Tarshish--Tyre and its inhabitants (Is 1:8), about henceforth, owing to the ruin of Tyre, to become inhabitants of its colony, Tartessus: they would pour forth from Tyre, as waters flow on when the barriers are removed [Lowth]. Rather, Tarshish, or Tartessus and its inhabitants, as the phrase usually means: they had been kept in hard bondage, working in silver and lead mines near Tarshish, by the…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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