Isaiah 23:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• Isaiah 23:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  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...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - 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, how...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - 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 26:2-21 . Ships of Tarshish. See note...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  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 flouri...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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. The burden of Tyre - Tyre, a city on...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - 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 conta...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - 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 t...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - 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.

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• Isaiah 23:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XVIII TYRE; OR, THE MERCENARY SPIRIT 702 B.C. Isaiah 23:1-18 THE task, which was laid upon the religion of Israel while Isaiah was its prophet, was the task, as we have often told our...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - 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 aff...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS The Prophet here describes the overthrow of Tyre, and in characters of great misery. Promises are made in the close of the chapter, of a change.

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• Isaiah 23:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 excee...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - 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....

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• Isaiah 23:1 - 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,...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Doom of Tyre. B. C. 718.       1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  ISAIAH CHAPTER 23 The destruction of Tyre, from God, for their pride, Isaiah 23:1-14 . The time of her rising again, Isaiah 23:15-17 , and conversion to God, Isaiah 23:18 . The burden of...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Lament Over Tyre ( Isaiah 23:1-14 ). 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 part...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

  burden See note 1 ( See Scofield) - ( Isaiah 13:1 ).

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• Isaiah 23:1 - 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 se...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - 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 pla...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Isaiah 23:1-23 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...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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 d...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 22:48 ; 2 Chronicles 9:21 ; Amos 1:10 ; Amos 1:9 ; Daniel 11:30 ; Ezekiel 27:25 ; Ezekiel 27:6 ; Ezekiel 28:25 ; Isaiah 15:1 ; Isaiah 15:2 ; Isaiah 15:8 ; Isaiah 2:16 ; Isaiah 23...

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• Isaiah 23:1 - 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...

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