Isaiah 23:2

Isaiah 23:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
• New International Version (NIV)Be silent, you people of the island and you merchants of Sidon, whom the seafarers have enriched.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Be still, O inhabitants of the coast; the merchants of Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon, Whom those who cross the sea have filled.

Context of Isaiah 23:2

1This message came to me concerning Tyre: Wail, you trading ships of Tarshish, for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone! The rumors you heard in Cyprus are all true. Mourn in silence, you people of the coast and you merchants of Sidon. Your traders crossed the sea, 3sailing over deep waters. They brought you grain from Egypt and harvests from along the Nile. You were the marketplace of the world. 4But now you are put to shame, city of Sidon, for Tyre, the fortress of the sea, says, “Now I am childless; I have no sons or daughters.”

Isaiah 23:2 word by word

דֹּ֖מּוּ יֹ֣שְׁבֵי אִ֑י סֹחֵ֥ר צִיד֛וֹן עֹבֵ֥ר יָ֖ם מִלְאֽוּךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Be stillדָּמַםdâmam · to wailH1826
• ye inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• of the isleאִי'îy · coastlandH339
• thou whom the merchantsסָחַרsâchar · to tradeH5503
• of Zidonצִידוֹןtsîydôn tsîydôn · SidonH6721
• that pass overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• have replenishedמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390

Cross-references for Isaiah 23:2

• Isaiah 41:1“Listen in silence before me, you lands beyond the sea. Bring your strongest arguments. Come now and speak. The court is ready for your case.
• Isaiah 47:5“O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence. Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms.
• Psalms 46:10“Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world.”
• Habakkuk 2:20But the Lord is in his holy Temple. Let all the earth be silent before him.”
• Ezekiel 27:3that mighty gateway to the sea, the trading center of the world. Give Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord: “You boasted, O Tyre, ‘My beauty is perfect!’
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord: “In your great pride you claim, ‘I am a god! I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.’ But you are only a man and not a god, though you boast that you are a god.
• Ezekiel 27:8Your oarsmen came from Sidon and Arvad; your helmsmen were skilled men from Tyre itself.

Commentaries on Isaiah 23:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Be still "Be silent" - Silence is a mark of grief and consternation. See Isaiah 47:5. Jeremiah has finely expressed this image: - "The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, they are silent: They have cast up dust on their heads, they have girded themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground." Lamentations 2:10.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Be still - This is the description of a city which is destroyed, where the din of commerce, and the sound of revelry is no longer heard. It is an address of the prophet to Tyre, indicating that it would be soon still, and destroyed. Ye inhabitants of the isle - (of Tyre). The word isle‘ (אי 'iy ) is sometimes used to denote a “coast or maritime region” (see the note at Isaiah 20:6), but there seems no reason to doubt that here it means the island on which…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Sidon was a Phoenician port located to the north of Tyre. Tyre’s commercial network of traders was extensive.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Be still--"struck dumb with awe." Addressed to those already in the country, eye-witnesses of its ruin (La 2:10); or, in contrast to the busy din of commerce once heard in Tyre; now all is hushed and still. isle--strictly applicable to New Tyre: in the sense coast, to the mainland city, Old Tyre (compare Is 23:6; Is 20:6). Zidon--of which Tyre was a colony, planted when Zidon was conquered by the Philistines of Ascalon. Zidon means a "fishing station"…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 23:2

• Commerce
• Merchant
• Sidon
• Tarshish

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Zidon
• Commerce
• Evil
• Isaiah
• Island; Isle
• Trade
• Isle
• Zidon, or Sidon

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