PROPHECY RESPECTING TYRE. (Isa. 23:1-18) Tyre--Hebrew, Tsur, that is, "Rock." ships of Tarshish--ships of Tyre returning from their voyage to Tarshish, or Tartessus in Spain, with which the PhÅ“nicians had much commer…
1Profecía sobre Tiro. Aullad, naves de Tarsis, porque destruida es Tiro hasta no quedar casa, ni a donde entrar; desde la tierra de Quitim les es revelado.
2Callad, moradores de la costa, mercaderes de Sidón, que pasando el mar te abastecían.
3Su provisión procedía de las sementeras que crecen con las muchas aguas del Nilo, de la mies del río. Fue también emporio de las naciones.
4Avergüénzate, Sidón, porque el mar, la fortaleza del mar habló, diciendo: Nunca estuve de parto, ni di a luz, ni crie jóvenes, ni levanté vírgenes.
5Cuando llegue la noticia a Egipto, tendrán dolor de las nuevas de Tiro.
6Pasaos a Tarsis; aullad, moradores de la costa.
7¿No era esta vuestra ciudad alegre, con muchos días de antigüedad? Sus pies la llevarán a morar lejos.
8¿Quién decretó esto sobre Tiro, la que repartía coronas, cuyos negociantes eran príncipes, cuyos mercaderes eran los nobles de la tierra?
9Jehová de los ejércitos lo decretó, para envilecer la soberbia de toda gloria, y para abatir a todos los ilustres de la tierra.
10Pasa cual río de tu tierra, oh hija de Tarsis, porque no tendrás ya más poder.
11Extendió su mano sobre el mar, hizo temblar los reinos; Jehová mandó respecto a Canaán, que sus fortalezas sean destruidas.
12Y dijo: No te alegrarás más, oh oprimida virgen hija de Sidón. Levántate para pasar a Quitim, y aun allí no tendrás reposo.
13Mira la tierra de los caldeos. Este pueblo no existía; Asiria la fundó para los moradores del desierto. Levantaron sus fortalezas, edificaron sus palacios; él la convirtió en ruinas.
14Aullad, naves de Tarsis, porque destruida es vuestra fortaleza.
15Acontecerá en aquel día, que Tiro será puesta en olvido por setenta años, como días de un rey. Después de los setenta años, cantará Tiro canción como de ramera.
16Toma arpa, y rodea la ciudad, oh ramera olvidada; haz buena melodía, reitera la canción, para que seas recordada.
17Y acontecerá que al fin de los setenta años visitará Jehová a Tiro; y volverá a comerciar, y otra vez fornicará con todos los reinos del mundo sobre la faz de la tierra.
18Pero sus negocios y ganancias serán consagrados a Jehová; no se guardarán ni se atesorarán, porque sus ganancias serán para los que estuvieren delante de Jehová, para que coman hasta saciarse, y vistan espléndidamente.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. Be still--"struck dumb with awe." Addressed to those already in the country, eye-witnesses of its…
Be still--"struck dumb with awe." Addressed to those already in the country, eye-witnesses of its ruin (Lam 2:10); or, in contrast to the busy din of commerce once heard in Tyre; now all is hushed and still.
isle--strictly applicable to New Tyre: in the sense coast, to the mainland city, Old Tyre (compare Isa 23:6; Isa 20:6).
Zidon--of which Tyre was a colony, planted when Zidon was conquered by the Philistines of Ascalon. Zidon means a "fishing station"; this was its beginning.
replenished--with wealth and an industrious population (Eze 27:3, Eze 27:8, Eze 27:23). Here "Zidon," as the oldest city of Phœnicia, includes all the Phœnician towns on the strip of "coast." Thus, Eth-baal, king of Tyre [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 8.3,2], is called king of the Sidonians (Kg1 16:31); and on coins Tyre is called the metropolis of the Sidonians.
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II. great waters--the wide waters of the sea.
great waters--the wide waters of the sea.
seed--"grain," or crop, as in Sa1 8:15; Job 39:12.
Sihor--literally, "dark-colored"; applied to the Nile, as the Egyptian Jeor, and the Greek Melas, to express the "dark, turbid" colors given to its waters by the fertilizing soil which it deposits at its yearly overflow (Jer 2:18).
harvest of the river--the growth of the Delta; the produce due to the overflow of the Nile: Egypt was the great granary of corn in the ancient world (Gen. 41:1-57; Gen. 42:1-38; Gen. 43:1-34).
her revenue--Tyrian vessels carried Egyptian produce obtained in exchange for wine, oil, glass, &c., into various lands, and so made large profits.
mart-- (Eze 27:3). No city was more favorably situated for commerce.
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III. Zidon--called on, as being the parent country of Tyre (Isa 23:12), and here equivalent to PhÅ“nic…
Zidon--called on, as being the parent country of Tyre (Isa 23:12), and here equivalent to Phœnicia in general, to feel the shame (as it was esteemed in the East) of being now as childless as if she never had any. "I (no more now) travail, nor bring forth," &c. "Strength of the sea," that is, stronghold, namely, New Tyre, on a rock (as "Tyre" means) surrounded by the sea (Eze 26:4, Eze 26:14-17; so Venice was called "Bride of the sea"; Zac 9:3).
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IV. As, &c.--rather, "When the report (shall reach) the people of Egypt, they shall be sorely pained …
As, &c.--rather, "When the report (shall reach) the people of Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report concerning Tyre" (namely, its overthrow). So JEROME, "When the Egyptians shall hear that so powerful a neighboring nation has been destroyed, they must know their own end is near" [LOWTH, &c.].
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V. Pass . . . over--Escape from Tyre to your colonies as Tarshish (compare Isa 23:12). The Tyrians f…
Pass . . . over--Escape from Tyre to your colonies as Tarshish (compare Isa 23:12). The Tyrians fled to Carthage and elsewhere, both at the siege under Nebuchadnezzar and that under Alexander.
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VI. Is this silent ruin all that is left of your once joyous city (Isa 23:12)?
Is this silent ruin all that is left of your once joyous city (Isa 23:12)?
antiquity--The Tyrian priests boasted in HERODOTUS' time that their city had already existed 2300 years: an exaggeration, but still implying that it was ancient even then.
her own feet--walking on foot as captives to an enemy's land.
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VII. Who--answered in Isa 23:9, "The Lord of hosts."
Who--answered in Isa 23:9, "The Lord of hosts."
crowning--crown-giving; that is, the city from which dependent kingdoms had arisen, as Tartessus in Spain, Citium in Cyprus, and Carthage in Africa (Eze 27:33).
traffickers--literally, "Canaanites," who were famed for commerce (compare Hos 12:7, Margin).
VIII
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VIII. Whoever be the instruments in overthrowing haughty sinners, God, who has all hosts at His command…
Whoever be the instruments in overthrowing haughty sinners, God, who has all hosts at His command, is the First Cause (Isa 10:5-7).
stain--rather, "to profane"; as in Exo 31:14, the Sabbath, and other objects of religious reverence; so here, "the pride of all glory" may refer to the Tyrian temple of Hercules, the oldest in the world, according to ARRIAN (Isa 2:16); the prophet of the true God would naturally single out for notice the idol of Tyre [G. V. SMITH]. It may, however, be a general proposition; the destruction of Tyre will exhibit to all how God mars the luster of whatever is haughty (Isa 2:11).
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IX. a river--Hebrew, "the river," namely, Nile.
a river--Hebrew, "the river," namely, Nile.
daughter of Tarshish--Tyre and its inhabitants (Isa 1:8), about henceforth, owing to the ruin of Tyre, to become inhabitants of its colony, Tartessus: they would pour forth from Tyre, as waters flow on when the barriers are removed [LOWTH]. Rather, Tarshish, or Tartessus and its inhabitants, as the phrase usually means: they had been kept in hard bondage, working in silver and lead mines near Tarshish, by the parent city (Eze 26:17): but now "the bond of restraint" (for so "strength," Margin, "girdle," that is, bond, Psa 2:3, ought to be translated) is removed, since Tyre is no more.
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X. He--Jehovah.
He--Jehovah.
kingdoms--the Phœnician cities and colonies.
the merchant city--rather, Canaan, meaning the north of it, namely, Phœnicia. On their coins, they call their country Canaan.
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XI. he--God.
he--God.
rejoice--riotously (Isa 23:7).
oppressed--"deflowered"; laying aside the figure "taken by storm"; the Arabs compare a city never taken to an undefiled virgin (compare Nah 3:5, &c.).
daughter of Zidon--Tyre: or else, sons of Zidon, that is, the whole land and people of Phœnicia (see on Isa 23:2) [MAURER].
Chittim--Citium in Cyprus (Isa 23:1).
there also . . . no rest--Thy colonies, having been harshly treated by thee, will now repay thee in kind (see on Isa 23:10). But VITRINGA refers it to the calamities which befell the Tyrians in their settlements subsequently, namely, Sicily, Corcyra, Carthage, and Spain, all flowing from the original curse of Noah against the posterity of Canaan (Gen 9:25-27).
XII
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XII. Behold--Calling attention to the fact, so humiliating to Tyre, that a people of yesterday, like t…
Behold--Calling attention to the fact, so humiliating to Tyre, that a people of yesterday, like the Chaldees, should destroy the most ancient of cities, Tyre.
was not--had no existence as a recognized nation; the Chaldees were previously but a rude, predatory people (Job 1:17).
Assyrian founded it--The Chaldees ("them that dwell in the wilderness") lived a nomadic life in the mountains of Armenia originally (Arphaxad, in Gen 10:22, refers to such a region of Assyria near Armenia), north and east of Assyria proper. Some may have settled in Mesopotamia and Babylonia very early and given origin to the astrologers called Chaldees in later times. But most of the people had been transferred only a little before the time of this prophecy from their original seats in the north to Mesopotamia, and soon afterwards to South Babylonia. "Founded it," means "assigned it (the land) to them who had (heretofore) dwelt in the wilderness" as a permanent settlement (so in Psa 104:8) [MAURER]. It was the Assyrian policy to infuse into their own population of the plain the fresh blood of hardy mountaineers, for the sake of recruiting their armies. Ultimately the Chaldees, by their powerful priest-caste, gained the supremacy and established the later or Chaldean empire. HORSLEY refers it to Tyre, founded by an Assyrian race.
towers thereof--namely, of Babylon, whose towers, HERODOTUS says, were "set up" by the Assyrians [BARNES]. Rather, "The Chaldees set up their siege-towers" against Tyre, made for the attack of high walls, from which the besiegers hurled missiles, as depicted in the Assyrian sculptures [G. V. SMITH].
raised up--rather, "They lay bare," namely, the foundations of "her (Tyre's) palaces," that is, utterly overthrew them (Psa 137:7).
XIII
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XIII. strength--stronghold (compare Eze 26:15-18).
strength--stronghold (compare Eze 26:15-18).
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XIV. forgotten--Having lost its former renown, Tyre shall be in obscurity.
forgotten--Having lost its former renown, Tyre shall be in obscurity.
seventy years--(so Jer 25:11-12; Jer 29:10).
days of one king--that is, a dynasty. The Babylonian monarchy lasted properly but seventy years. From the first year of Nebuchadnezzar to the taking of Babylon, by Cyrus, was seventy years; then the subjected nations would be restored to liberty. Tyre was taken in the middle of that period, but it is classed in common with the rest, some conquered sooner and others later, all, however, alike to be delivered at the end of the period. So "king" is used for dynasty (Dan 7:17; Dan 8:20): Nebuchadnezzar, his son Evil-merodach, and his grandson, Belshazzar, formed the whole dynasty (Jer 25:11-12; Jer 27:7; Jer 29:10).
shall Tyre sing as . . . harlot--It shall be to Tyre as the song of the harlot, namely, a harlot that has been forgotten, but who attracts notice again by her song. Large marts of commerce are often compared to harlots seeking many lovers, that is, they court merchants of all nations, and admit any one for the sake of gain (Nah 3:4; Rev 18:3). Covetousness is closely akin to idolatry and licentiousness, as the connection (Eph 5:5; Col 3:5) proves (compare Isa 2:6-8, Isa 2:16).
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XV. Same figure [Isa 23:15] to express that Tyre would again prosper and attract commercial intercour…
Same figure [Isa 23:15] to express that Tyre would again prosper and attract commercial intercourse of nations to her, and be the same joyous, self-indulging city as before.
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16. visit--not in wrath, but mercy.
visit--not in wrath, but mercy.
hire--image from a harlot: her gains by commerce. After the Babylonian dynasty was ended, Tyre was rebuilt; also, again, after the destruction under Alexander.
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17. merchandise . . . holiness--Her traffic and gains shall at last (long after the restoration menti…
merchandise . . . holiness--Her traffic and gains shall at last (long after the restoration mentioned in Isa 23:17) be consecrated to Jehovah. Jesus Christ visited the neighborhood of Tyre (Mat 15:21); Paul found disciples there (Act 21:3-6); it early became a Christian bishopric, but the full evangelization of that whole race, as of the Ethiopians (Isa 18:1-7), of the Egyptians and Assyrians (Isa. 19:1-25), is yet to come (Isa 60:5).
not treasured--but freely expended in His service.
them that dwell before the Lord--the ministers of religion. But HORSLEY translates, "them that sit before Jehovah" as disciples.
durable clothing--Changes of raiment constituted much of the wealth of former days.
The four chapters (the twenty-fourth through the twenty-seventh) form one continuous poetical prophecy: descriptive of the dispersion and successive calamities of the Jews (Isa 24:1-12); the preaching of the Gospel by the first Hebrew converts throughout the world (Isa 24:13-16); the judgments on the adversaries of the Church and its final triumph (Isa 24:16-23); thanksgiving for the overthrow of the apostate faction (Isa 25:1-12), and establishment of the righteous in lasting peace (Isa. 26:1-21); judgment on leviathan and entire purgation of the Church (Isa 27:1-13). Having treated of the several nations in particular--Babylon, Philistia, Moab, Syria, Israel, Egypt, Edom, and Tyre (the miniature representative of all, as all kingdoms flocked into it)--he passes to the last times of the world at large and of Judah the representative and future head of the churches.
Next: Isaiah Chapter 24
Antiguo Testamento
Isaiah — Capítulo 23
PROPHECY RESPECTING TYRE. (Isa. 23:1-18) Tyre--Hebrew, Tsur, that is, "Rock." ships of Tarshish--ships of Tyre returning from their voyage to Tarshish, or Tartessus in Spain, with which the PhÅ“nicians had much commer…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Profecía sobre Tiro. Aullad, naves de Tarsis, porque destruida es Tiro hasta no quedar casa, ni a donde entrar; desde la tierra de Quitim les es revelado.
2Callad, moradores de la costa, mercaderes de Sidón, que pasando el mar te abastecían.
3Su provisión procedía de las sementeras que crecen con las muchas aguas del Nilo, de la mies del río. Fue también emporio de las naciones.
4Avergüénzate, Sidón, porque el mar, la fortaleza del mar habló, diciendo: Nunca estuve de parto, ni di a luz, ni crie jóvenes, ni levanté vírgenes.
5Cuando llegue la noticia a Egipto, tendrán dolor de las nuevas de Tiro.
6Pasaos a Tarsis; aullad, moradores de la costa.
7¿No era esta vuestra ciudad alegre, con muchos días de antigüedad? Sus pies la llevarán a morar lejos.
8¿Quién decretó esto sobre Tiro, la que repartía coronas, cuyos negociantes eran príncipes, cuyos mercaderes eran los nobles de la tierra?
9Jehová de los ejércitos lo decretó, para envilecer la soberbia de toda gloria, y para abatir a todos los ilustres de la tierra.
10Pasa cual río de tu tierra, oh hija de Tarsis, porque no tendrás ya más poder.
11Extendió su mano sobre el mar, hizo temblar los reinos; Jehová mandó respecto a Canaán, que sus fortalezas sean destruidas.
12Y dijo: No te alegrarás más, oh oprimida virgen hija de Sidón. Levántate para pasar a Quitim, y aun allí no tendrás reposo.
13Mira la tierra de los caldeos. Este pueblo no existía; Asiria la fundó para los moradores del desierto. Levantaron sus fortalezas, edificaron sus palacios; él la convirtió en ruinas.
14Aullad, naves de Tarsis, porque destruida es vuestra fortaleza.
15Acontecerá en aquel día, que Tiro será puesta en olvido por setenta años, como días de un rey. Después de los setenta años, cantará Tiro canción como de ramera.
16Toma arpa, y rodea la ciudad, oh ramera olvidada; haz buena melodía, reitera la canción, para que seas recordada.
17Y acontecerá que al fin de los setenta años visitará Jehová a Tiro; y volverá a comerciar, y otra vez fornicará con todos los reinos del mundo sobre la faz de la tierra.
18Pero sus negocios y ganancias serán consagrados a Jehová; no se guardarán ni se atesorarán, porque sus ganancias serán para los que estuvieren delante de Jehová, para que coman hasta saciarse, y vistan espléndidamente.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 2
I. Be still--"struck dumb with awe." Addressed to those already in the country, eye-witnesses of its…
Versículo 3
II. great waters--the wide waters of the sea.
Versículo 4
III. Zidon--called on, as being the parent country of Tyre (Isa 23:12), and here equivalent to PhÅ“nic…
Versículo 5
IV. As, &c.--rather, "When the report (shall reach) the people of Egypt, they shall be sorely pained …
Versículo 6
V. Pass . . . over--Escape from Tyre to your colonies as Tarshish (compare Isa 23:12). The Tyrians f…
Versículo 7
VI. Is this silent ruin all that is left of your once joyous city (Isa 23:12)?
Versículo 8
VII. Who--answered in Isa 23:9, "The Lord of hosts."
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VIII. Whoever be the instruments in overthrowing haughty sinners, God, who has all hosts at His command…
Versículo 10
IX. a river--Hebrew, "the river," namely, Nile.
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X. He--Jehovah.
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XI. he--God.
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XII. Behold--Calling attention to the fact, so humiliating to Tyre, that a people of yesterday, like t…
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XIII. strength--stronghold (compare Eze 26:15-18).
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XIV. forgotten--Having lost its former renown, Tyre shall be in obscurity.
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XV. Same figure [Isa 23:15] to express that Tyre would again prosper and attract commercial intercour…
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16. visit--not in wrath, but mercy.
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17. merchandise . . . holiness--Her traffic and gains shall at last (long after the restoration menti…