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Verse Isaiah 23:14. _HOWL, YE SHIPS_] The Prophet Ezekiel hath
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At the sou...
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“Howl ... Isaiah 23:1.
FOR YOUR STRENGTH - That which has been your support and strength; to
wit, Tyre (compare Ezekiel 26:15)....
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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 poem closes as it began with an apostrophe to the ships of
Tarshish.
_your strength_) YOUR STRONG-HOLD (R.V. as in Isaiah 23:4)....
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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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BEHOLD THE LAND OF THE CHALDEANS, &C — The prophet in these words
sets forth the instrumental cause of the destruction of Tyre, which
should subserve the God of Israel in the execution of this singula...
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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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Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
YOUR STRENGTH IS LAID WASTE - your stronghold (cf. Ezekiel 26:15)....
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STRENGTH] RV 'stronghold.'...
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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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Although the words refer to the fate of Tyre, the warning about
Babylon is for the people of God. They will suffer a similar fate
unless they turn back to their *Lord.
• We must remember that God’s m...
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הֵילִ֖ילוּ אֳנִיֹּ֣ות תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ
כִּ֥י שֻׁדַּ֖ד מָעֻזְּכֶֽן׃ ס...
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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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Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your (s) strength is laid waste.
(s) That is, Tyrus by whom you are enriched....
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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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14._Howl, ye ships of Tarshish. _He repeats what he formerly said; for
the Cilicians, on account of their vicinity, constantly traded with
the inhabitants of Tyre. He bids their ships _howl_, because,...
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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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HOWL, YE SHIPS OF TARSHISH,.... As in Isaiah 23:1.
Isaiah 23:1:
FOR YOUR STRENGTH IS LAID WASTE; meaning Tyre, a strong seaport, where
their ships were safe, and always found vent for their goods an...
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Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
Ver. 14. _Howl, ye ships of Tarshish._] He concludeth this prophecy of
Tyre's downfall as he began. Isa 23:1 The inhabitants of Tarshish,...
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Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your strength is laid waste. Cf v. 1.
Thus the Lord punishes those who exalt themselves and are proud in
their idolatrous hearts....
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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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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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YOUR STRENGTH; the city of Tyre, where you found safety and wealth....
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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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Ezekiel 27:25; Isaiah 23:1; Isaiah 23:6; Revelation 18:11...
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Your strength — The city of Tyre, where you found safety and wealth....