Isaiah 23:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

Waters — By the sea, which is very fitly called the great waters, understand, cometh, or is brought to her. The seed — The corn of Egypt, wherewith Egypt abounded. Sihor is the same as the Nile. The harvest — The plentiful harvest of corn which comes from the inundation of the Nile; emphatically called the river. The revenue — Is as plentifully enjoyed by her, as if it grew in her own territories. A mart — A place to which all nations resort for traffick.

Isaiah 23:5

5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.