Isaiah 23:7

Isaiah 23:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
• New International Version (NIV)Is this your city of revelry, the old, old city, whose feet have taken her to settle in far-off lands?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Is this your exultant city whose origin is from days of old, whose feet carried her to settle far away?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Is this your joyous city, Whose antiquity is from ancient days, Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?

Context of Isaiah 23:7

5When Egypt hears the news about Tyre, there will be great sorrow. 6Send word now to Tarshish! Wail, you people who live in distant lands! Is this silent ruin all that is left of your once joyous city? What a long history was yours! Think of all the colonists you sent to distant places. 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.

Isaiah 23:7 word by word

הֲזֹ֥את לָכֶ֖ם עַלִּיזָ֑ה מִֽימֵי־קֶ֤דֶם קַדְמָתָהּ֙ יֹבִל֣וּהָ רַגְלֶ֔יהָ מֵֽרָח֖וֹק לָגֽוּר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• this your joyousעַלִּיז‛allîyz · jubilantH5947
• whose antiquityקַדְמָהqadmâh · formerH6927
• of ancientקֶ֫דֶםqedem qêdmâh · front: oldH6924
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• her own feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• shall carryיָבַלyâbal · to conductH2986
• her afar offרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350
• to sojournגּוּרgûr · to sojournH1481

Cross-references for Isaiah 23:7

• Isaiah 22:2The whole city is in a terrible uproar. What do I see in this reveling city? Bodies are lying everywhere, killed not in battle but by famine and disease.
• Joshua 19:29Then the boundary turned toward Ramah and the fortress of Tyre, where it turned toward Hosah and came to the Mediterranean Sea. The territory also included Mehebel, Aczib,
• Isaiah 47:1“Come down, virgin daughter of Babylon, and sit in the dust. For your days of sitting on a throne have ended. O daughter of Babylonia, never again will you be the lovely princess, tender and delicate.
• Ecclesiastes 10:7I have even seen servants riding horseback like princes—and princes walking like servants!

Commentaries on Isaiah 23:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Whose antiquity is of ancient days "Whose antiquity is of the earliest date" - Justin, in the passage above quoted, had dated the building of Tyre at a certain number of years before the taking of Troy; but the number is lost in the present copies. Tyre, though not so old as Sidon, was yet of very high antiquity: it was a strong city even in the time of Joshua. It is called צר מבצר עיר ir mibtsar tsor, "the city of the fortress of Sor," Joshua 19:29…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Is this your joyous city - Is this the city that was just now so full of happiness, of revelry, of business, of gaiety, of rejoicing? (see the note at Isaiah 22:2) Whose antiquity is of ancient days - Strabo (xvi. 756) says, After Sidon, Tyre, a splendid and most ancient city, is to be compared in greatness, beauty, and antiquity, with Sidon.‘ Curtius (Hist. Alex. iv. 4) says, The city was taken, distinguished both by its antiquity, and its great variety…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-18Tyre was a wealthy seaport northwest of Israel. The connection between Judah and Tyre dates back to the time of David and Solomon (1 Kings 5:8–9). Tyre was near large forests and the Mediterranean Sea. It was a major trade center in the ancient Near East. Its ships were famous, and its colonies gave it great prestige and wealth. The city faced repeated attacks by the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Macedonians, and Alexander the Great conquered it in 332 BC…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Is this silent ruin all that is left of your once joyous city (Is 23:12)? antiquity--The Tyrian priests boasted in Herodotus' time that their city had already existed 2300 years: an exaggeration, but still implying that it was ancient even then. her own feet--walking on foot as captives to an enemy's land.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 23:7

• Pride
• Tarshish
• Tyre

In the dictionaries

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• Evil
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• 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