Isaiah 23:7 [Is] this your joyous [city], whose antiquity [is] of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
Ver. 7. Is this your joyous city?] q.d., So ye were wont to hold her, and to boast of her; but now it is somewhat otherwise. Cities die as well as men, a saith one. They also have their times and their turns, their rise and their ruin. Hic immoremur parum et pedem figamus oportet. Let this be duly considered, and an "abiding city" sought. Heb 12:14 The wicked may revel in this world, the godly only rejoice.
Whose antiquity is of ancient days.] Palaetyre, or the old town especially: and this was a piece of her silly glory;
“ Urbs fur ills Tyros priscis quae condita saeclis,
Innumerosque suo repetens ab Agenore soles,
Aeternos demens spe praesumebat honores. ”
a ' Lποθνησκουσι και αι πολεις ωσπες οι ανθρωποι .