Chapter 23

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am 3289, bc 715

burden Tyre, whose destruction by Nebuchadnezzar is here foretold, was a city of Phoenicia, on the shore of the Mediterranean, twenty-four miles south of Sidon, and thirty-two north of Accho or Ptolemais, according to the Antonine and Jerusalem Itineraries, about latitude 33 degrees 18 minutes north, longitude 35 degrees 10 minutes east. There were two cities of this name; one on the continent called Pale Tyrus, or Old Tyre, according to Strabo, thirty stadia south of the other, which was situated on an island, not above 700 paces from the main land, says Pliny. Old Tyre was taken by Nebuchadnezzar, after a siege of thirteen years, bc 573, which he so utterly destroyed, that it never afterwards rose higher than a village. But previous to this, the inhabitants had removed their effects to the island which afterwards became so famous by the name of Tyre, though now consisting only of about 800 dwellings. Jer 25:15, Jer 25:22, Jer 47:4; Ezek. 26:1-28:25; Joel 3:4-8; Amos 1:9-10; Zech 9:2, Zech 9:4

Howl Isa 15:2, Isa 15:8; Rev 18:17-19

ye ships Isa 2:16, Isa 60:9; 1Kgs 22:48; 2Chr 9:21; Ps 48:7; Ezek 27:25

for it is Isa 15:1; Jer 25:10-11; Rev 18:22-23

the land Isa 23:12; Num 24:24; Jer 2:10; Ezek 27:6; Dan 11:30


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still Heb. silent, Isa 41:1, Isa 47:5; Ps 46:10; Hab 2:20

the isle Ezek 27:3-4, Ezek 28:2

the merchants Ezek 27:8-36


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Sihor 1Chr 13:5; Jer 2:18

the harvest Isa 32:20; Deut 11:10

she is Isa 23:8; Ezek 27:33, Ezek 28:4; Joel 3:5; Rev 18:11-13


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I travail Jer 47:3-4; Ezek 26:3-6; Hos 9:11-14; Rev 18:23


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at the Isa 19:16; Exod 15:14-16; Josh 2:9-11

so shall Ezek 26:15-21, Ezek 27:29-36, Ezek 28:19; Rev 18:17-19


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Pass Isa 23:10, Isa 23:12, Isa 21:15

howl Isa 23:1-2, Isa 16:7


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your Isa 22:2

whose Josh 19:29

her own Isa 47:1-2; Eccl 10:7

afar off Heb. from afar off


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Who hath Deut 29:24-28; Jer 50:44-45; Rev 18:8

the crowning Ezek 28:2-6, Ezek 28:12-18

merchants Isa 10:8, Isa 36:9


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Lord Isa 10:33, Isa 14:24, Isa 14:27, Isa 46:10-11; Jer 47:6-7, Jer 51:62; Acts 4:28; Eph 1:11; Eph 3:11

to stain Heb. to pollute, Isa 2:11, Isa 2:17, Isa 5:15-16, Isa 13:11; Job 40:11-12; Dan 4:37; Mal 4:1; Jas 4:6

bring Job 12:21; Ps 107:40; 1Cor 1:26-29


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O daughter Isa 23:12

no more Isa 23:14; 1Sam 28:20; Job 12:21; Lam 1:6; Hag 2:22; Rom 5:6

strength Heb. girdle, Ps 18:32


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stretched Isa 2:19, Isa 14:16-17; Exod 15:8-10; Ps 46:6; Ezek 26:10, Ezek 26:15-19, Ezek 27:34-35; Ezek 31:16; Hag 2:7

the Lord Isa 10:6; Ps 71:3; Jer 47:7; Nah 1:14

against the merchant city or, concerning a merchantman, Isa 23:3; Hos 12:7-8

the merchant city Heb. Canaan, Gen 9:25, Gen 10:15-19; Zech 14:21; Mark 11:17; John 2:16

strong holds or, strengths, Zech 9:3-4


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Thou shalt Isa 23:1, Isa 23:7; Ezek 26:13-14; Rev 18:22

thou oppressed Isa 37:22, Isa 47:1, Isa 47:5; Jer 14:17, Jer 46:11; Lam 1:15

daughter "The Sidonians," says Justin, "when their city was taken by the king of Ascalon, betook themselves to their ships; and landed and built Tyre;" Sidon was therefore the mother city. Isa 23:2; Gen 10:15-19, Gen 49:13; Josh 11:8

pass Isa 23:1; Num 24:24; Ezek 27:6

there also Deut 28:64-67; Lam 1:3, Lam 4:15


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land Isa 13:19; Gen 11:28, Gen 11:31; Job 1:17; Hab 1:6; Acts 7:4

the Assyrian Gen 2:14, Gen 10:10-11, Gen 11:9; 2Kgs 17:24, 2Kgs 20:12; 2Chr 33:11; Ezra 4:9-10; Dan 4:30

for them Ps 72:9

and he Ezek 26:7-21, Ezek 29:18


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Isa 23:1, Isa 23:6; Ezek 27:25-30; Rev 18:11-19


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Tyre shall Jer 25:9-11, Jer 25:22, Jer 27:3-7, Jer 29:10; Ezek 29:11

one king Dan 7:14, Dan 8:21; Rev 17:10

shall Tyre sing as an harlot Heb. it shall be unto Tyre as the song of an harlot, Ezek 27:25; Hos 2:15


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Prov 7:10-12; Jer 30:14


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visit Jer 29:10; Zeph 2:7; Acts 15:14

and she shall Deut 23:18; Ezek 16:31, Ezek 22:13, Ezek 27:6-36; Hos 12:7-8; Mic 1:7, Mic 3:11; 1Tim 3:3, 1Tim 3:8; 1Pet 5:2

shall commit Nah 3:4; Rev 17:2-5, Rev 18:9-14, Rev 19:2


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her merchandise Isa 60:6-7; 2Chr 2:7-9, 2Chr 2:11-16; Ps 45:12, Ps 72:10; Zech 14:20-21; Mark 3:8; Acts 21:3-5

it shall Matt 6:19-21; Luke 12:18-20, Luke 12:33, Luke 16:9-13

for them Deut 12:18-19, Deut 26:12-14; Prov 3:9-10, Prov 13:22, Prov 28:8; Eccl 2:26; Mal 3:10; Matt 25:35-40; Luke 8:3; Acts 9:39; Rom 15:25-27; Gal 6:6; Phil 4:17-18

durable Heb. old


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