Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Isaiah 23:12
he—God.
rejoice—riotously (Isaiah 23:7).
oppressed—"deflowered"; laying aside the figure "taken by storm"; the Arabs compare a city never taken to an undefiled virgin (compare Nahum 3:5, etc.).
daughter of Zidon—Tyre: or else, sons of Zidon, that is, the whole land and people of Phœnicia (see on Isaiah 23:2) [MAURER].
Chittim—Citium in Cyprus (Isaiah 23:1).
there also . . . no rest—Thy colonies, having been harshly treated by thee, will now repay thee in kind (see on Isaiah 23:10). But VITRINGA refers it to the calamities which befell the Tyrians in their settlements subsequently, namely, Sicily, Corcyra, Carthage, and Spain, all flowing from the original curse of Noah against the posterity of Canaan (Genesis 9:25-27).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 23:12:
Psalms 9:14
Isaiah 23:4
Isaiah 23:6
Isaiah 23:7
Ezekiel 26:18
Amos 5:2
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