Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Isaiah 2:16
The ships of Tarshish; the ships of the sea, as that word is used, Psalms 48:7, whereby you fetched riches and precious things from the remote parts of the world.
The ships of Tarshish; the ships of the sea, as that word is used, Psalms 48:7, whereby you fetched riches and precious things from the remote parts of the world.
Verse Isaiah 2:16. Isaiah 2:13....
AND UPON ALL THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH - Ships of Tarshish are often mentioned in the Old Testament, but the meaning of the expression is not quite obvious; see 1Ki 10:22; 2 Chronicles 9:21; 2 Chronicles...
CHAPTER 2 Zion's Future Glory and the Day of Jehovah 1. _The glories in the latter days (Isaiah 2:1)_ 2. _Exhortation to walk in the light (Isaiah 2:5)_ 3. _The corruption of the people (Isaiah 2:6)_...
THE DAY OF YAHWEH. A poem dating from Isaiah's earliest period, dealing first with the sin, then with the judgment, of Israel. The text has been badly preserved. Probably the refrain which we find in...
SHIPS OF TARSHISH. Occurs in the "former"portion only here and Isaiah 23:1; Isaiah 23:14. and in the "latter" portion only in Isaiah 60:9. TARSHISH. See note on...
b. LOSS OF DIGNITY TEXT: Isaiah 2:10-22 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be...
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. AND UPON ALL THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH - Tartessus, in southwest Spain, at the mouth of the Guadalquiver, near Gibraltar. It includes...
2:16 art. (c-14) Or 'sights.'...
2-4. occur also with a few slight variations in Micah 4:1. The passage appears to be borrowed in Isaiah, because (_a_) it suits its context better in Micah, and (_b_) it is more complete in Micah, Mic...
SHIPS OF TARSHISH] i.e. deep-sea ships used for foreign trade. Tarshish is supposed to have been in S. Spain, at the furthest limit of Phœnician commerce. Judah at this time possessed a mercantile fle...
People build strong *towers and great walls to protect their cities. But such structures are weak and unsatisfactory, when one compares them with the powers of God’s Spirit....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 2 GOD’S IDEAL PLAN FOR ISRAEL V1 A special message about Jud...
AND UPON ALL THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH. — The words point to the commerce in the Red Sea carried on by the fleets of Uzziah and Jotham (1 Kings 22:48); perhaps also to that in the Mediterranean with Tarsh...
וְ עַ֖ל כָּל ־אֳנִיֹּ֣ות תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ וְ עַ֖ל
CHAPTER II THE THREE JERUSALEMS 740-735 B.C. Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 4:1 AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to the prophecies of Isaiah, there comes another portion of the book, o...
AN EXHORTATION TO HUMILITY AND REVERENCE Isaiah 2:12-22; Isaiah 3:1-12 If men will not repent, they must suffer. If they will not voluntarily put away their idols and sorceries, they will be compelle...
Following this broad statement of the case between Jehovah and His people, we have the prophet's great appeal to them. The first part constitutes a vision of the latter days, that condition toward whi...
And upon (u) all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. (u) He condemns their vain confidence which they had in strongholds and in their rich merchandise which brought in vain pleasur...
_Tharsis. In Cilicia, denoting large ships for merchandise. --- Fair. Hebrew, "desirable pictures." Septuagint, "ships." (Calmet)_...
This Portion of the chapter opens in a very solemn manner. Whether the prophet means the visitations of God in the day of calamity of this world; or refers to the day of judgment for another; in both...
16._And upon all ships of Tarshish Tarshish _was unquestionably the Hebrew name for Cilicia; and as the Jews had much traffic with that nation, Scripture frequently mentions _the ships of Tarshish_, w...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, AND 4. Thus re-established, Zion, the mountain of Jehovah, will be the centre of blessing and peace to all the nations (Isaiah 2:1-4). This puts the inv...
AND UPON ALL THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH,.... Upon all the merchants and merchandises of Rome. The Targum is, "and upon all that dwell in the islands of the sea.'' See Revelation 16:20. Tarshish, as Vitri...
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. Ver. 16. _And upon all the ships of Tarshish._] Or, Of the Mediterranean Sea, the ships whereof were of great bulk and burden, and...
_For the day of the Lord_ The time of God's taking vengeance on sinners; _shall be upon every one that is proud_ To mortify and bring him down to the dust; and _upon all the cedars of Lebanon_, &c. In...
THE MAJESTY OF GOD IN HIS FINAL REVELATION...
and upon all the ships of Tarshish, the finest instruments of commerce in the ancient days, AND UPON ALL PLEASANT PICTURES, works produced to satisfy man's lust of the eyes. In short, what human art a...
PLEASANT PICTURES: _ Heb._ pictures of desire...
10-22 The taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans seems first meant here, when idolatry among the Jews was done away; but our thoughts are led forward to the destruction of all the enemies of Christ. It...
Isaiah 2:16 ships H591 Tarshish H8659 beautiful H2532 sloops H7914 the ships - Isaiah 23:1;...
THE TERRIBLE VISION (ISAIAH 2:10). This vision is in direct contrast with the Glorious Vision of Isaiah 2:2. On the one hand glory, now, on the other, judgment. Here we have a picture of the destiny...
THE AWFUL SITUATION OF HIS PEOPLE BEFORE YAHWEH AND ITS FUTURE CONSEQUENCES (ISAIAH 2:6). In contrast with the glorious vision that we have just seen, of Yahweh's triumph and people flocking to God,...
Isaiah 2:6. _Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children...
Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah the son of Amos saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top...
CONTENTS: The coming glory of Jerusalem and Israel. The humbling of the haughty and the shame of sinners in that day. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: In view of the terribleness of that day whe...
Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah saw._ In these distressing times, when the Jewish church and state were shaken to the very centre, the Messiah spoke to the prophet, and showed him the new-testament...
_The day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty_ SCEPTICISM DISCOMFITED BY CHRIST’S ADVENT I. Among THE CAUSES OF THE SPIRIT OF RELIGIOUS SCEPTICISM there are-- 1. An e...
_Pleasant pictures_ THE PROPER USE OF ART Sir Joshua Reynolds wisely, stated the canon for artists when, referring to the choice of subjects, he said. “No subject can be proper that is not generally...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 2:12 AGAINST ALL... AGAINST EVERY. Ten times in these verses Isaiah says that God opposes all human pride. ⇐...
A TERRIBLE PICTURE Isaiah 2:6 _Here_ is the “word” (vision) which Isaiah “saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem” (Isaiah 2:1). The prophet has been enraptured by the wondrous prospect of the distant fut...
SECTION II. DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S JUDGMENTS UPON HIS PEOPLE (CH. 2-5.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 2:1 TITLE OF THE CHAPTER. It is gener
Now chapter 2 is introduced again. The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:1). And now God takes him off to the future. And it shall come to pass in the las...
1 Kings 10:22; 1 Kings 22:48; 1 Kings 22:49; Isaiah 23:1; Numbers 3
CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Isaiah saw Christ in this chapter he saw Him in His Second Advent glory. Peter, in the Spirit, wrote of how the Prophets foretold the sufferings...
Tarshish — The ships of the sea, as that word is used, Psalms 48:7, whereby you fetched riches from the remote parts of the world....