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Verse Isaiah 23:10. _O DAUGHTER OF TARSHISH_] Tyre is called the
daughter of Tarshish; perhaps because, Tyre being ruined, Tarshish was
become the superior city, and might be considered as the metrop...
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PASS THROUGH THY LAND AS A RIVER - This verse has been very variously
understood. Vitringa supposes that it means that all that held the
city together - its fortifications, walls, etc., would be laid...
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CHAPTER 23
The Burden of Tyre
1. _Tyre's great disaster (Isaiah 23:1)_ 2. _The complete overthrow
(Isaiah 23:6)_ 3. _Tyre's future restoration and degradation (Isaiah
23:15)_ Tyre typifies the commer...
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ISAIAH 23. ORACLE ON TYRE. The date and authorship are alike very
uncertain. If by Isaiah, the occasion may be the siege of Tyre by
Shalmaneser about 727- 722 (p. 59), the historicity of which, howeve...
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The third strophe, as usually explained, deals mainly with the
emancipation of the Phœnician colonies from the somewhat stringent
control of Tyre. But the passage presents many difficulties; and from...
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_as a river_ Rather: AS THE NILE (as R.V.). The people of Tarshish are
now as free of the land they live in as the Nile is of Egypt in the
time of the annual inundation.
there is _no more strength_ R...
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WHO HATH TAKEN THIS COUNSEL, &C.— The prophet here informs us of the
great executor of this judgment, namely, God himself. To do this the
more elegantly, he introduces a chorus of men, astonished at t...
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b. SHAKEN
TEXT: Isaiah 23:8-14
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Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose
merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the
earth?
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Jehovah of hosts hat...
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Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no
more strength.
A RIVER - Hebrew, Cayeor, 'as the river Nile.'
O DAUGHTER OF TARSHISH - Tyre and its inhabitants, about hencef...
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A RIVER] RV 'the Nile.' _There.._ STRENGTH] 'There is no girdle about
thee any more.' The Tyrian colonies, released from all restraint,
throw off allegiance....
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THE DOOM OF TYRE
Tyre was a great mercantile centre of the ancient world, and at the
time of the Hebrew monarchy chief state of Phœnicia, the parent of
many colonies, and mistress of the Mediterranea...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 23
All the verses in this chapter refer to both Tyre and Sidon. This is
so even if on...
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Farmers soon learn to depend on God. He provides in nature (in weather
and in soil) the means to produce crops.
THE *LORD’S POWER OVER NATURE AND OVER NATIONS
V11 The *Lord has shown his power over...
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עִבְרִ֥י אַרְצֵ֖ךְ כַּ † יְאֹ֑ר בַּת
־תַּרְשִׁ֕ישׁ...
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CHAPTER XVIII
TYRE; OR, THE MERCENARY SPIRIT
702 B.C.
Isaiah 23:1
THE task, which was laid upon the religion of Israel while Isaiah was
its prophet, was the task, as we have often told ourselves, o...
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The burden of Tyre opens with a graphic description of her desolation.
Her harbors are closed. Her borders are desolate. The sea, which had
been her highway, is abandoned, and Egypt, her ally, is affr...
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Pass through thy land as a river, O (n) daughter of Tarshish: [there
is] no more strength.
(n) Your strength will no more serve you: therefore flee to other
countries for comfort....
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_Girdle, fortress; or rather, thou art naked, like a slave, chap. xx.
4._...
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Here we are brought acquainted with the means the Lord will make use
of, for the overthrow of Tyre. The Chaldeans shall be the Lord's
instruments; and what adds to the aggravation of Tyre's sorrow, to...
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10._For there is not any longer a girdle. _(110) מזח (_mēzăch_)
is translated by some _a girdle_, and by others _strength_. Those who
translate it _girdle_, suppose the meaning to be that Tyre will be...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23.
In Chapter s 19 and 20 Egypt shall be smitten in that day; but Jehovah
will heal it. Egypt, Assyria, and Israel shall together be blessed of
Je...
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PASS THROUGH THY LAND AS A RIVER, O DAUGHTER OF TARSHISH,.... Or, "of
the sea", as the Vulgate Latin; meaning Tyre, which was situated in
the sea, and did, as it were, spring from it, and was fortifie...
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Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: [there is]
no more strength.
Ver. 10. _Pass through the land as a river,_] _i.e., _ Hastily: _a_
_Abi praeceps,_ pack up and begone with all...
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_Pass through thy land_ Tarry no longer in thy own territories, but
flee through them, into other countries, for safety and relief. _As a
river_ Swiftly, lest you be prevented; continually, till you b...
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THE FALL OF TYREV. 1. THE BURDEN OF TYRE, the proud Phoenician
metropolis, which withstood the attacks of several Assyrian armies and
endured a siege of thirteen years by Nebuchadnezzar, but was destr...
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Pass through thy land as a river, overflowing it like the Nile,
without interference and hindrance from fallen Tyre, O DAUGHTER OF
TARSHISH, the Spanish colony of Tyre; THERE IS NO MORE STRENGTH,
lite...
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STRENGTH:
_ Heb._ girdle...
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1-14 Tyre was the mart of the nations. She was noted for mirth and
diversions; and this made her loth to consider the warnings God gave
by his servants. Her merchants were princes, and lived like pri...
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PASS THROUGH THE LAND; tarry no longer in thy own territories, but
flee through them, and beyond them, into other countries, for safety
and relief. AS A RIVER; swiftly, lest you be prevented; and
cont...
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Isaiah 23:10 Overflow H5674 (H8798) land H776 River H2975 daughter
H1323 Tarshish H8659 strength H4206
O daughter -...
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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...
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CONTENTS: Burden of Tyre. Desolations preceding the final deliverance
of Israel.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The proud boasts of worldly nations, who bid defiance to
their neighbors, will surely be...
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Isaiah 23:1. _The burden of Tyre._ This was one of the most ancient
cities of Phœnicia, situate on a rock, seven hundred paces from the
shore, though now joined to the land by the working of the sea....
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_The burden of Tyre_
THE PROPHECY AGAINST TYRE: LESSONS
The Tarshish of this chapter is Spain.
Chittim is the island of Cyprus. The word “merchant” is the same
word that is rendered in other places...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 23:1 The fifth oracle concerns the judgment
and redemption of Tyre.
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 23:1
THE BURDEN OF TYRE. We hero reach the last of the "burdens"—the
concluding chapter of the series of denunciatory prophecies which
commenced with Isaiah 13:1. It is an elegy "in...
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Now in chapter 23 he takes up his burden against Tyre. Tyre was, of
course, a seaport town. It was the area... The people of Tyre were
known as Phoenicians. And so you who are versed in your ancient
h...
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Pass through — Tarry no longer in thy own territories, but flee
through them, into other countries, for safety and relief. As a river
— Swiftly, lest you be prevented. Tarshish — O Tyre, which might
w...