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 on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations. 4Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, the strong hold of the sea; saying, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins. When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. 6Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. 7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn?

Isaiah 23:5 word by word

כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־שֵׁ֖מַע לְמִצְרָ֑יִם יָחִ֖ילוּ כְּשֵׁ֥מַע צֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

• reportשֵׁ֫מַעshêma‛ · reportH8088
• Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• Tyreצֹרtsôr tsôr · TyreH6865

Cross-references for Isaiah 23:5

• Isaiah 19:16It In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
• Exodus 15:14The peoples have heard, they tremble: Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
• Joshua 2:9and she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
• Ezekiel 26:15Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyre: Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
• Ezekiel 27:29And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land,
• Ezekiel 28:19All they that know thee among the peoples shall be astonished at thee: thou art become a terror, and thou shalt never be any more.
• Revelation 18:17for in one hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any whither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar 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

Topics related to Isaiah 23:5

• Tarshish

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Tyre
• 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