CHAPTER 23 THE BURDEN OF TYRE Tyre lay to the north along the sea coast. Combined with Sidon and the surrounding country it was an ancient seafaring nation. Its ships travelled the ancient world, trading, establishing colonies, and making it rich and powerful, and sometimes overbearing (Isaiah 23:1... [ Continue Reading ]
LAMENT OVER TYRE (ISAIAH 23:1). The final burden is the burden of Tyre and Sidon. These were two wealthy and powerful seaports on the Mediterranean coast from which ships went out to all parts of the known world. Their largest ships were called ships of Tarshish, possibly because of the smelted meta... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER SEVENTY YEARS TYRE WILL BE RESTORED (ISAIAH 23:15). Analysis. a And it will come about in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king (Isaiah 23:15 a). b After the end of seventy years it will be to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute (Isaiah 23:1... [ Continue Reading ]