God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 23:5
5When the news reaches Egypt, the Egyptians will shudder 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
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.” When the news reaches Egypt, the Egyptians will shudder over the news about Tyre. 6Travel to Tarshish! Cry loudly, you inhabitants of the seacoast! 7Is this your bustling city founded in the distant past? Is this the city that sent its people to settle in distant lands?
Read all of Isaiah 23Isaiah 23:5 word by word
כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־שֵׁ֖מַע לְמִצְרָ֑יִם יָחִ֖ילוּ כְּשֵׁ֥מַע צֹֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 23:5
- Isaiah 19:16At that time Egyptians will act like women. They will tremble and be terrified because the Lord of Armies will shake his fist at them.
- Exodus 15:14People will hear of it and tremble. The people of Philistia will be in anguish.
- Joshua 2:9She said to them, “I know the Lord will give you this land. Your presence terrifies us. All the people in this country are deathly afraid of you.
- Ezekiel 26:15“This is what the Almighty Lord says to Tyre: The people who live on the coast will shake with fear when they hear about your defeat. They will groan when your people are wounded and slaughtered.
- Ezekiel 27:29All the rowers, the sailors, and all the mariners came down from their ships and stood on the shore.
- Ezekiel 28:19All the nations who knew you are horrified because of you. You have come to a terrible end, and you will never exist again.’ ”
- Revelation 18:17In one moment all this wealth has been destroyed!’ Every ship’s captain, everyone who traveled by ship, sailors, and everyone who made their living from the sea stood far away.
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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