Isaiah 23:5

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

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. 4Be ashamed, Sidon, For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have neither been in labor nor given birth, I have neither brought up young men nor raised virgins.” When the report reaches Egypt, They will be in anguish over the report of Tyre. 6Pass over to Tarshish; Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland. 7Is this your jubilant city, Whose origin is from antiquity, Whose feet used to bring her to colonize distant places?

Isaiah 23:5 word by word

כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־שֵׁ֖מַע לְמִצְרָ֑יִם יָחִ֖ילוּ כְּשֵׁ֥מַע צֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

• the reportשֵׁ֫מַעshêma‛ · reportH8088
• Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• They will beחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: trembleH2342
• anguishחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: writh in painH2342
• of Tyreצֹרtsôr tsôr · TyreH6865

Cross-references for Isaiah 23:5

• Isaiah 19:16On that day the Egyptians will become like women, and they will tremble and be in great fear because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of armies, which He is going to wave over them.
• Exodus 15:14The peoples have heard, they tremble; Anguish has gripped the inhabitants of Philistia.
• Joshua 2:9and said to the men, “I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have despaired because of you.
• Ezekiel 26:15The Lord God says this to Tyre: “Will the coastlands not shake from the sound of your downfall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter takes place in your midst?
• Ezekiel 27:29All who handle the oar, The seamen and all the sailors of the sea Will come down from their ships; They will stand on the land,
• Ezekiel 28:19All who know you among the peoples Are appalled at you; You have become terrified And you will cease to be forever.”’”
• Revelation 18:17for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!’ And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and all who make their living by the sea, stood at a distance,

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

Topics related to Isaiah 23:5

• Tarshish

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Tyre
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Tyre, Tyrians
• Commerce
• Evil
• Isaiah
• Pain
• Trade

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