Isaiah 23
← Chapter 22
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
Chapter 24 →
Lutheran reading notes
In Isaiah chapter 23, the prophetic message continues to reveal themes of judgment, repentance, messianic hope, and restoration. Lutheran interpretation often emphasizes the contrast between divine law, which exposes sin, and the promise of grace through God's future redemption. The chapter illustrates both warning and hope within God's covenant relationship.
1
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
Isaiah 23:1 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
2
Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. {still: Heb. silent}
Isaiah 23:2 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
3
And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, {is} her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
Isaiah 23:3 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
4
Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, {even} the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, {nor} bring up virgins.
Isaiah 23:4 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
5
As at the report concerning Egypt, {so} shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
Isaiah 23:5 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
6
Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
Isaiah 23:6 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
7
{Is} this your joyous {city}, whose antiquity {is} of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. {afar...: Heb. from afar off}
Isaiah 23:7 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
8
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning {city}, whose merchants {are} princes, whose traffickers {are} the honourable of the earth?
Isaiah 23:8 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
9
The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, {and} to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. {to stain: Heb. to pollute}
Isaiah 23:9 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
10
Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: {there is} no more strength. {strength: Heb. girdle}
Isaiah 23:10 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
11
He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant {city}, to destroy the strong holds thereof. {against...: or, concerning a merchantman} {the merchant city: Heb. Canaan} {strong...: or, strengths}
Isaiah 23:11 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
12
And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
Isaiah 23:12 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
13
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, {till} the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; {and} he brought it to ruin.
Isaiah 23:13 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
14
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
Isaiah 23:14 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
15
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. {shall Tyre...: Heb. it shall be unto Tyre as the song of an harlot}
Isaiah 23:15 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
16
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
Isaiah 23:16 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
17
And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
Isaiah 23:17 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
18
And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. {durable: Heb. old}
Isaiah 23:18 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.