Isaiah 23:2

Isaiah 23:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
• New International Version (NIV)Be silent, you people of the island and you merchants of Sidon, whom the seafarers have enriched.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Be still, O inhabitants of the coast; the merchants of Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon, Whom those who cross the sea have filled.

Context of Isaiah 23:2

1This is the divine revelation about Tyre. Cry loudly, you ships of Tarshish! Your port at Tyre is destroyed. Word has come to the ships from Cyprus. Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants from Sidon. Your messengers have crossed the sea. 3The grain of Shihor is on the Mediterranean. The harvest of the Nile River is brought to Tyre. Tyre became the marketplace for the nations. 4Be ashamed, Sidon, because the stronghold by the sea has spoken, “I’ve never been in labor or given birth. I’ve raised no sons. I’ve brought up no daughters.”

Isaiah 23:2 word by word

דֹּ֖מּוּ יֹ֣שְׁבֵי אִ֑י סֹחֵ֥ר צִיד֛וֹן עֹבֵ֥ר יָ֖ם מִלְאֽוּךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Be stillדָּמַםdâmam · to wailH1826
• ye inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• of the isleאִי'îy · coastlandH339
• thou whom the merchantsסָחַרsâchar · to tradeH5503
• of Zidonצִידוֹןtsîydôn tsîydôn · SidonH6721
• that pass overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• have replenishedמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390

Cross-references for Isaiah 23:2

• Isaiah 41:1“Be silent and listen to me, you coastlands. Let the people gain new strength. Let them come near and speak. Let us come together for judgment.
• Isaiah 47:5Go into the dark, and sit in silence, princess of the Babylonians! You will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
• Psalms 46:10Let go ⌞of your concerns⌟! Then you will know that I am God. I rule the nations. I rule the earth.
• Habakkuk 2:20The Lord is in his holy temple. All the earth should be silent in his presence.
• Ezekiel 27:3Tyre is the city at the entrance to the sea. It is the merchant to the nations. Say to Tyre, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: Tyre, you used to brag about your perfect beauty.
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: In your arrogance you say, “I’m a god. I sit on God’s throne in the sea.” But you’re only human and not a god, although you think you are a god.
• Ezekiel 27:8People from Sidon and Arvad used to row you. Your own skilled people were your sailors.

Commentaries on Isaiah 23:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Be still "Be silent" - Silence is a mark of grief and consternation. See Isaiah 47:5. Jeremiah has finely expressed this image: - "The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, they are silent: They have cast up dust on their heads, they have girded themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground." Lamentations 2:10.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Be still - This is the description of a city which is destroyed, where the din of commerce, and the sound of revelry is no longer heard. It is an address of the prophet to Tyre, indicating that it would be soon still, and destroyed. Ye inhabitants of the isle - (of Tyre). The word isle‘ (אי 'iy ) is sometimes used to denote a “coast or maritime region” (see the note at Isaiah 20:6), but there seems no reason to doubt that here it means the island on which…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Sidon was a Phoenician port located to the north of Tyre. Tyre’s commercial network of traders was extensive.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Be still--"struck dumb with awe." Addressed to those already in the country, eye-witnesses of its ruin (La 2:10); or, in contrast to the busy din of commerce once heard in Tyre; now all is hushed and still. isle--strictly applicable to New Tyre: in the sense coast, to the mainland city, Old Tyre (compare Is 23:6; Is 20:6). Zidon--of which Tyre was a colony, planted when Zidon was conquered by the Philistines of Ascalon. Zidon means a "fishing station"…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 23:2

• Commerce
• Merchant
• Sidon
• Tarshish

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Zidon
• Commerce
• Evil
• Isaiah
• Island; Isle
• Trade
• Isle
• Zidon, or Sidon

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