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 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. 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. The 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.’ 13Look at what happened in Babylonia. Its people have disappeared! The Assyrian army has made it a place for wild animals to live in. Their soldiers built hills of earth against the city's walls. They climbed over and they destroyed its strong buildings. Babylon's buildings became heaps of stones.

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 2:19People will run away to the caves in the hills. They will try to hide in holes in the ground. They will try to escape from the great power of the Lord, when he comes to judge everyone. They will see that he rules with great authority. People will be very afraid when he comes to punish the people on earth.
• Isaiah 14:16In that deep place, people will look at you carefully. They will be very surprised. They will think, “This is the man who caused the earth to shake. He caused kingdoms to shake with fear. Is that really true?
• Exodus 15:8You blew on the water and it became like a wall. The deep waters stood up in a big heap.
• Psalms 46:6Nations are shouting with anger! Kingdoms shake and fall. God calls in a loud voice, and even the earth melts!
• Ezekiel 26:10King Nebuchadnezzar's army will have many horses. As they attack you, the dirt from their feet will cover you. The noise of the riders on the horses and the chariots' wheels will cause the city's walls to shake. They will break through the city's gates and walls.
• Ezekiel 27:34Now the sea has broken you into pieces. You have fallen to the bottom of the deep sea. All your valuable things and the people who worked in you lie at the bottom of the sea.
• Ezekiel 31:16The other nations shook when they heard that great tree fall. I had caused it to go down into its grave, deep under the ground, as all people must die. The other strong trees saw what had happened to the great cedar tree. They were the trees of Eden and the best trees of Lebanon that had received plenty of water. They were pleased to see that the great cedar tree had fallen down.
• Haggai 2:7I will cause people in all the nations of the world to shake with fear. They will come here to offer their valuable gifts. At that time, I will cause my temple to be full of glory. I, the Almighty Lord, tell you this.
• Isaiah 10:6I send Assyria's army against a nation that does not serve God. I command them to attack the people with whom I am angry. I tell them to take that nation's valuable things for themselves. I tell them to walk all over them, as if they were walking on dirt in the streets.
• Psalms 71:3Be a rock where I can hide. Be a strong place where I can be safe. You are my high rock and my strong, safe place.
• Jeremiah 47:7But the Lord has commanded his sword to kill. So it cannot rest! The Lord has commanded his sword to attack Ashkelon and the people who live on the coast of the sea.’
• Nahum 1:14Nineveh, the Lord has said what will happen to you. He has said, ‘You will have no children and your family name will have an end. I will destroy the statues that you made from wood and metal. You worship those statues in your temples. There I will make graves for you because you are bad.’
• Isaiah 23:3They brought grain to you from Shihor region in Egypt. You received crops that had grown beside the Nile river. Tyre became an important city where traders from many nations came.
• Hosea 12:7Your traders love to cheat people. They use false weights and measures.
• Genesis 9:25He said, ‘I curse Canaan! He will become a slave that must serve his brothers.’
• Genesis 10:15Canaan was the father of Sidon, who was born first. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,

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