Isaiah 2:16

And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

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Tarshish — The ships of the sea, as that word is used, Psalms 48:7 , whereby you fetched riches from the remote parts of the world.

¹⁶ And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasantc pictures.

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 2:16