Isaiah 23:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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 Isaiah 7:18. "River" is here put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the country (Egypt) through which it passes.

she is. mart of nations: or, it became merchandise for the nations.

mart. gain resulting from merchandise, as in Isaiah 23:18 (Isaiah 45:14.Proverbs 3:14; Proverbs 31:18).

Isaiah 23:3

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