Isaiah 33:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. ”

• Isaiah 33:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Thy tacklings - This is evidently an address to Sennacherib. The mention of the war-galley and the ship seems to have suggested the application of the figure to the enemies of the Jews, and parti...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Thy (a) tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the (b) prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. (a) He derides the Ass...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Isaiah 33. Denunciation of the Treacherous Foe. Zion's Extremity, Yahweh's Opportunity. If Isaiah's, the date is apparently 701, and the situation presupposed is Sennacherib's demand for unconditio...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the lame take the prey. Referring to the spoil taken from the dead of the Assyrian host. See 2 Kings 19:35 .

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  23. Thy cords were loosed. He directs his discourse to the Assyrians, in whose person he likewise addresses all the enemies of the Church. After having promised to the Church such stability...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 911 ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE WEAK Isaiah 33:23 . The lame take the pray. IT is impossible to read the Scriptures with attention, and not be struck with the amazing condescension of God,...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. Thy tacklings are loosed - Here...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Thy tacklings are loosed— Two things are to be supposed in the interpretation of these words; first, that this apostrophe is directed to the government of the hostile nation: secondly, when the...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. Thy tacklings are loose...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1-12. The deliverance of Jerusalem from the Invader. 13-24. The Consequences of the Interposition of Jehovah for those that dwell in the City.

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Thy tacklings are loosed... — The words have been taken as applicable either to Assyria, as one of the “ ships of Tarshish” that had been wrecked, or to Zion, as a vessel that had been driven by t...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XXI OUR GOD A CONSUMING FIRE 701 B.C. Isaiah 33:1-24 WE have seen how the sense of forgiveness and the exultant confidence, which fill chapter 33, were brought about within a few mont...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Reward of the Righteous Isaiah 33:13-24 The devouring fire and everlasting burnings of Isaiah 33:14 are clearly the emblems of the divine presence. The righteous dwell in God as the bush...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This chapter celebrates a great victory, and is prophetic of the method of the final triumph. In the first thirteen verses we have the prophet's appeal, in which there are two movements. In the first...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  These precious things are said, to carry off the minds of the people from the terrors of the approaching captivity, to the prospect of gospel times, which should be accomplished by the coming of the...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Thy tacklings are loosed ,.... Or "are left" h; forsaken by the mariners, as being of no use and service: they could not well strengthen their mast ; with ropes to make it stand upright: they co...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. Ver. 23. Thy tacklings are l...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Thy tacklings are loosed This apostrophe of the prophet is directed to the hostile nation. Having designed their army under the notion of a gallant ship , ( Isaiah 33:21 ,) he here represents thei...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Forebodings of Hypocrites; Encouragement to God's People. B. C. 710.       13 Hear, ye...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Thy tacklings are loosed; he directeth his speech to the Assyrians; and having tacitly designed their army under the notion of a gallant ship, Isaiah 33:21 , he here represents their broken and...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Chapter 33 The Sixth Woe Against Those Who Despoil Others and Who Are Treacherous. The sixth woe seems in context to be directed against Assyria for some treacherous act. We can compare and contra...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE DISABLED SHIP ( A Sermon to Seamen .) Isaiah 33:23 . Thy tacklings are loosed, &c. Seas, rivers, and ships have for ages afforded the world the mainstay of commerce. Not only so; the ima...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Isaiah 33:1 . Woe to thee, thou spoiler, who hast not been spoiled; And thou plunderer, who hast not been plundered. When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; When thou art wea...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities-- Isaiah’s imagery Among the images which crowd the concluding verses of this chapter, we may perhaps, without fancifulness, distinguish an under-cur...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  SECTION X. A PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA ( Isaiah 33:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Isaiah 33:1-23 THE JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA AND DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM , STATED GENE...

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• Isaiah 33:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Sinners Alarmed, the Pious Comforted

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 1:27 ; 1 Samuel 30:10 ; 1 Samuel 30:22-24 ; 2 Chronicles 20:25 ; 2 Kings 7:8 ; Ezekiel 27:26-34 ; Isaiah 33:1 ; Isaiah 33:21 ; Isaiah 33:4 ; Psalms 68:12

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• Isaiah 33:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Tacklings — He directs his speech to the Assyrians; and having designed their army under the notion of a gallant ship, Isaiah 33:21 , he here represents their undone condition, by the metaphor of...

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