Isaiah 23:11

He stretched out his hand, &c. R.V. he hath stretched out … hath shaken. Cf. ch. Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 14:26-27. The kingdomsare specially Phœnicia and its dependencies.

the merchantcity] Read Canaan and see on Isaiah 23:8. "Canaan" is the name used by the Phœnicians of themselves and their colonists, but this is the only example in the Old Test. of its restriction to Phœnicia.