New English Translation
Isaiah 23:5
5When the news reaches Egypt, they will be shaken by what has happened to 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 deep waters! Grain from the Shihor region, crops grown near the Nile she receives; she is the trade center of the nations. 4Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea says this, O fortress of the sea: “I have not gone into labor or given birth; I have not raised young men or brought up young women.” When the news reaches Egypt, they will be shaken by what has happened to Tyre. 6Travel to Tarshish! Wail, you residents of the coast! 7Is this really your boisterous city whose origins are in the distant past, and whose feet led her to a distant land to reside?
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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 the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because the Lord who commands armies brandishes his fist against them.
- Exodus 15:14The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia.
- Joshua 2:9She said to the men, “I know the Lord is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you.
- Ezekiel 26:15“This is what the sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst!
- Ezekiel 27:29They will descend from their ships – all who handle the oar, the sailors and all the sea captains – they will stand on the land.
- Ezekiel 28:19All who know you among the peoples are shocked at you; you have become terrified and will be no more.’”
- Revelation 18:17because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!” And every ship’s captain, and all who sail along the coast – seamen, and all who make their living from the sea, stood a long way off
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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