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 of hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all beauty, To despise all the honored of the earth. 10Overflow your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish, There is no more restraint. He has stretched His hand out over the sea, He has made the kingdoms tremble; The Lord has given a command concerning Canaan to demolish its strongholds. 12He has said, “You shall exult no more, O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.” 13Behold, the land of the Chaldeans--this is the people which was not; Assyria appointed it for desert creatures--they erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, they made it a ruin.

Isaiah 23:11 word by word

יָדוֹ֙ נָטָ֣ה עַל־הַיָּ֔ם הִרְגִּ֖יז מַמְלָכ֑וֹת יְהוָה֙ צִוָּ֣ה אֶל־כְּנַ֔עַן לַשְׁמִ֖ד מָעֻזְנֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

• stretchedנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• His handיָדyâd · handH3027
• overעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• made the kingdomsמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• trembleרָגַזrâgaz · to trembleH7264
• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• has givenצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• concerningאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Canaanכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · CanaanH3667
• demolishשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045
• its strongholdsמָעוֹזmâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz mâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz · securityH4581

Cross-references for Isaiah 23:11

• Isaiah 2:19Men will go into caves of the rocks And into holes of the ground Before the terror of the Lord And the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to make the earth tremble.
• Isaiah 14:16Those who see you will gaze at you, They will ponder over you, saying, ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms,
• Exodus 15:8At the blast of Your nostrils the waters were piled up, The flowing waters stood up like a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
• Psalms 46:6The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered; He raised His voice, the earth melted.
• Ezekiel 26:10Because of the multitude of his horses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of cavalry and wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached.
• Ezekiel 27:34Now that you are broken by the seas In the depths of the waters, Your merchandise and all your company Have fallen in the midst of you.
• Ezekiel 31:16I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall when I made it go down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the well-watered trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, were comforted in the earth beneath.
• Haggai 2:7I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts.
• Isaiah 10:6I send it against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My fury To capture booty and to seize plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.
• Psalms 71:3Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come; You have given commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress.
• Jeremiah 47:7How can it be quiet, When the Lord has given it an order? Against Ashkelon and against the seacoast-- There He has assigned it.”
• Nahum 1:14The Lord has issued a command concerning you: “Your name will no longer be perpetuated. I will cut off idol and image From the house of your gods. I will prepare your grave, For you are contemptible.”
• Isaiah 23:3And were on many waters. The grain of the Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue; And she was the market of nations.
• Hosea 12:7A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, He loves to oppress.
• Genesis 9:25So he said, “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers.”
• Genesis 10:15Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth

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