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Isaiah 23:10
10Come, people of Tarshish, sweep over the land like the flooding Nile, for Tyre is defenseless.
Isaiah 23:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
- New International Version (NIV)Till your land as they do along the Nile, Daughter Tarshish, for you no longer have a harbor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Cross over your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint anymore.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Overflow through your land like the River, O daughter of Tarshish; There is no more strength.
Context of Isaiah 23:10
8Who has brought this disaster on Tyre, that great creator of kingdoms? Her traders were all princes, her merchants were nobles. 9The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has done it to destroy your pride and bring low all earth’s nobility. Come, people of Tarshish, sweep over the land like the flooding Nile, for Tyre is defenseless. 11The Lord held out his hand over the sea and shook the kingdoms of the earth. He has spoken out against Phoenicia, ordering that her fortresses be destroyed. 12He says, “Never again will you rejoice, O daughter of Sidon, for you have been crushed. Even if you flee to Cyprus, you will find no rest.”
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עִבְרִ֥י אַרְצֵ֖ךְ כַּיְאֹ֑ר בַּת־תַּרְשִׁ֕ישׁ אֵ֖ין מֵ֥זַח עֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 23:10
- Isaiah 23:12He says, “Never again will you rejoice, O daughter of Sidon, for you have been crushed. Even if you flee to Cyprus, you will find no rest.”
- Isaiah 23:14Wail, you ships of Tarshish, for your harbor is destroyed!
- 1 Samuel 28:20Saul fell full length on the ground, paralyzed with fright because of Samuel’s words. He was also faint with hunger, for he had eaten nothing all day and all night.
- Job 12:21He pours disgrace upon princes and disarms the strong.
- Lamentations 1:6All the majesty of beautiful Jerusalem has been stripped away. Her princes are like starving deer searching for pasture. They are too weak to run from the pursuing enemy.
- Haggai 2:22I will overthrow royal thrones and destroy the power of foreign kingdoms. I will overturn their chariots and riders. The horses will fall, and their riders will kill each other.
- Romans 5:6When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.
- Psalms 18:32God arms me with strength, and he makes my way perfect.
Commentaries on Isaiah 23:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10O daughter of Tarshish - Tyre is called the daughter of Tarshish; perhaps because, Tyre being ruined, Tarshish was become the superior city, and might be considered as the metropolis of the Tyrian people; or rather because of the close connection and perpetual intercourse between them, according to that latitude of signification in which the Hebrews use the words son and daughter to express any sort of conjunction and dependence whatever. מזח mezach, a…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Pass through thy land as a river - This verse has been very variously understood. Vitringa supposes that it means that all that held the city together - its fortifications, walls, etc., would be laid waste, and that as a river flows on without obstruction, so the inhabitants would be scattered far and near. Everything, says he, would be leveled, and the field would not be distinguishable from the city. Grotius thus renders it: Pass to some one of thy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Cultivate your land like the Nile: This difficult phrase means either: that the sailors returning from Tarshish were invited to loot the ruined Tyre; or that the people of Tarshish had to return to farming to earn a living, since Tyre was destroyed and trading was no longer possible.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. a river--Hebrew, "the river," namely, Nile. daughter of Tarshish--Tyre and its inhabitants (Is 1:8), about henceforth, owing to the ruin of Tyre, to become inhabitants of its colony, Tartessus: they would pour forth from Tyre, as waters flow on when the barriers are removed [Lowth]. Rather, Tarshish, or Tartessus and its inhabitants, as the phrase usually means: they had been kept in hard bondage, working in silver and lead mines near Tarshish, by the…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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