Isaiah 23:5

Isaiah 23:5

3 And on great waters the grain of Shihor,
The harvest of¹ the River, is her revenue;
And ^ashe is a marketplace for the nations.

4 Be ashamed, O Sidon;
For the sea has spoken,
The strength of the sea, saying,
“I do not labor, nor bring forth children;
Neither do I rear young men,
Nor bring up virgins.”

5 ^aWhen the report reaches Egypt,
They also will be in agony at the report of Tyre.

6 Cross over to Tarshish;
Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!

7 Is this your ^ajoyous city,
Whose antiquity is from ancient days,
Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?

8 Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, ^athe crowning city,
Whose merchants are princes,
Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?

9 The Lord of hosts has ^apurposed it,
To¹ bring to dishonor the ^bpride of all glory,
To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

10 Overflow through your land like¹ the River,
O daughter of Tarshish;
There is no more¹ strength.

11 He stretched out His hand over the sea,
He shook the kingdoms;
The Lord has given a commandment ^aagainst Canaan
To destroy its strongholds.

12 And He said, “You will rejoice no more,
O you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, ^across over to Cyprus;
There also you will have no rest.”

13 Behold, the land of the ^aChaldeans,
This people which was not;
Assyria founded it for ^bwild beasts of the desert.
They set up its towers,
They raised up its palaces,
And brought it to ruin.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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As, etc.—rather, "When the report (shall reach) the people of Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report concerning Tyre" (namely, its overthrow). So JEROME, "When the Egyptians shall hear that so powerful a neighboring nation has been destroyed, they must know their own end is near" [LOWTH, etc.].

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