Isaiah 23:3

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

Related Commentaries of 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 o...
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...
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 abo...
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....
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, i...
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 N...
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 w...
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 wate...
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 pare...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Sihor ] i.e 'black,' a name for the Nile ( Jeremiah 2:18 ). River] RV 'Nile.' Tyre reaped large revenues from Egypt by carrying her corn. Is .. i...
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 it...
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...
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 fl...
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...
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 s...
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. Silen...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Doom of Tyre. B. C. 718. 1 The bur...
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 see...
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 Mediter...
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, thou...
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 “mercha...
The Biblical Illustrator

The harvest of the river The harvest of the river The valley of the Nile was the field for sowing and reaping. The ships of Tyre trafficked fa...
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 denun...
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 si...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And by great waters, by maritime trade and transportation, the seed of Sihor, "dark-colored," applied to the Nile, the harvest of the river, the...

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

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 23:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 23:3