Isaiah 23:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. ”

Isaiah 23:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And by great waters - That is, by the abundant-waters, or the overflowing of the Nile. Tyre was the mart to which the superabundant productions of Egypt were borne (see Ezekiel 27 ) The seed...
Isaiah 23:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And by great waters the (g) seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, [is] her revenue; and she is a merchandise of nations. (g) Meaning, the corn of Egypt which was fed by the overflowing of the Nil...
Isaiah 23:3 - 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...
Isaiah 23:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

seed: or, grain. Sihor . the black river, the Nile (compare Jeremiah 2:18 ). harvest. Egypt was the field, the Phoenician coast its granary. river. Reference to Pentateuch. See note on Is...
Isaiah 23:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. And by great waters. He intimates that the riches of Tyre will not prevent it from being destroyed; and therefore he extols its wealth, in order that the judgment of God may be more manif...
Isaiah 23:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. The seed of Sihor "The seed of the Nile" - The Nile is called here Shichor, as it is...
Isaiah 23:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Be still, &c.— The second apostrophe is addressed to the islands of the Mediterranean sea, which are here collectively called the isle, and which are summoned to silence and wonder. That this...
Isaiah 23:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. By great waters - the wide waters of the sea. Seed - the grain, or crop, as i...
Isaiah 23:3 - 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 Mediterra...
Isaiah 23:3 - 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...
Isaiah 23:3 - 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...
Isaiah 23:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 th...
Isaiah 23:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And by great waters the seed of Sihor ,.... Sihor is the river Nile in Egypt; it had its name from the black colour of its waters, as in Jeremiah 2:18 hence called by the Greeks Melas, and by the...
Isaiah 23:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, [is] her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. Ver. 3. And by great waters the seed of Sihor, ] i.e., Of Nile, by the overflowi...
Isaiah 23:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Be still, ye inhabitants of the isles Hebrew, דמו, be silent; as persons confounded, and not knowing what to say, or as mourners use to be. Silence is a mark of grief and consternation: see Isai...
Isaiah 23:3 - 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...
Isaiah 23:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By great waters; by the sea, which is very fitly called the great waters , Psalms 107:23 ; understand, cometh , or is brought to her. The seed of Sihor; the corn of Egypt, wherewith Egypt ab...
Isaiah 23:3 - 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...
Isaiah 23:3 - 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...
Isaiah 23:3 - 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...
Isaiah 23:3 - 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...
Isaiah 23:3 - 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...
Isaiah 23:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 13:5 ; Deuteronomy 11:10 ; Ezekiel 27:33 ; Ezekiel 28:4 ; Isaiah 23:8 ; Isaiah 32:20 ; Jeremiah 2:18 ; Joel 3:5 ; Revelation 18:11-13

Isaiah 23:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 23:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 23:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 23:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 23:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 23:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 23:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 23:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 23:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 23:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 23:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 23:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 23:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 23:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 23:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 23:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 23:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 23:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 23:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 23:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 23:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 23:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 23:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge