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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Isaiah 23:1-7

It is remarkable that this prophecy was delivered at a time when Tyre was in the height of prosperity, and resting to the full in the enjoyment of flourishing trade and merchandize. For long after this, the prophets Ezekiel and Zechariah, both of them, took notice of the pride and greatness of Tyre. Ezekiel 28:1 to the end. Zechariah 9:3. But of what avail is the pomp of nations, where the love of God is not? Of what avail is worldly prosperity to individuals unsanctified by grace!

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See also Isaiah 23:1-7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XXIII _Prophecy denouncing the destruction of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar,_ _delivered upwards of one hundred and twenty years before its_ _accomplishment, at a period when the Tyrians were in g...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE BURDEN OF TYRE - (see the note at Isaiah 13:1) HOWL - This is a highly poetic description of the destruction that was coming on Tyre. The ships of Tarshish traded there; and the prophet now addres...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BURDEN. oracle. TYRE. It had rejoiced in the misfortunes of Judah (Amos 1:9); so it is punished by the same king of Babylon (Isaiah 23:13). Ezekiel 26:2. SHIPS OF TARSHISH. See note on...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The returning ships are apprised, at the last stage of their voyage, of the disaster that has overtaken their mother-country. _Ships of Tarshish_may mean here, literally, "ships trading with Tarshish...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE BURDEN OF TYRE— There can be no wonder that the prophet, foretelling the judgments of the different nations concerned with the Jews, should dwell upon that of Tyre. In this chapter, which contains...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE 3. TYRE a. SPLENDOR TEXT: Isaiah 23:1-7 1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Ki...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. Menander, the historian, who transl...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    23:1 Chittim (d-28) Cyprus, as Numbers 24:24 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Homeward-bound ships are greeted at CHITTIM (Cyprus) with the news that Tyre has fallen. SHIPS OF TARSHISH] Tarshish is probably Tartessus, in Spain; the expression denotes deep-sea ships....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Tyre and Sidon were two busy ports. They were north of Israel in what is today part of Lebanon. When David and Solomon ruled Israel, they both enjoyed good relations with the people in Tyre (see 1 Kin...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מַשָּׂ֖א צֹ֑ר הֵילִ֣ילוּ ׀ אֳנִיֹּ֣ות תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁ כִּֽי...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The (a) burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of (b) Tarshish; for (c) it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of (d) Chittim it is (e) revealed to them. (a) See Isaiah 13...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Tyre was destroyed, in part, by Nabuchodonosor. Cyrus permitted all the captives of this, as well as of other countries, to return. --- Cethim; Cyrus, or rather Macedonia. Merchants come thence no lo...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    1._The burden of Tyre. Tyre _was very wealthy, and highly celebrated, both on account of the variety and extent of its commercial intercourse with all nations, and on account of the flourishing coloni...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE BURDEN OF TYRE,.... Or a prophecy concerning the destruction of it. The Targum is, "the burden of the cup of cursing, to give Tyre to drink.'' This was a famous city in Phoenicia, which exceeded...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. Ver. 1. _The burden of Tyre._] Heb.,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The burden of Tyre_ Tyre was an ancient and wealthy city, situated upon the Mediterranean sea, and for many ages one of the most celebrated cities in those parts of the world. The Greek geographer, S...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ISAIAH CHAPTER 23 The destruction of Tyre, from God, for their pride, ISAIAH 23:1. The time of her rising again, ISAIAH 23:15, and conversion to God, ISAIAH 23:18. THE BURDEN OF TYRE; the prophecy of...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 23:1 burden H4853 Tyre H6865 Wail H3213 (H8685) ships H591 Tarshish H8659 waste H7703 (H8795) house...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    BURDEN See note 1 (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 13:1). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 23:1 The fifth oracle concerns the judgment and redemption of Tyre. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 22:48; 2 Chronicles 9:21; Amos 1:10; Amos 1:9; Daniel 11:30;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Of Tyre — The prophecy of the heavy calamity and destruction of Tyre. Tyre was, according to this prophecy, destroyed; first by Nebuchadnezzar, and afterwards by Alexander the great. And tho' this pro...

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