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Matthew Henry on Isaiah 23:1-14Isaiah 23:1-14 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryTyre was the mart of the nations. She was noted for mirth and diversions; and this made her loth to consider the warnings God gave by his servants. Her merchants were princes, and lived like princes. Tyre being destroye…The Doom of Tyre. (b. c. 718.)Isaiah 23:1-14 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE DOOM OF TYRE. (B. C. 718.) Tyre being a sea-port town, this prophecy of its overthrow fitly begins and ends with, Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for all its business, wealth, and honour, depended upon its shipping; if…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 23:1-14Isaiah 23:1-14 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE BURDEN OF TYRE. We hero reach the last of the "burdens"—the concluding chapter of the series of denunciatory prophecies which commenced with Isaiah 13:1-22. It is an elegy "in three stanzas, or strophes" (Cheyne)—th…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 23:1Isaiah 23:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryHowl (comp. Isaiah 13:6, 31). The expression is common in the prophets (see Jeremiah 4:8; Jeremiah 25:34, etc.: Ezekiel 21:12; Ezekiel 30:2; Joel 1:5, Joel 1:11, Joel 1:13; Zephaniah 1:11; Zechariah 11:2, etc.). Ye ship…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 23:1-18Isaiah 23:1-18 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe fall of Tyre. I. THE ANCIENT FAME OF TYRO. Consecrated to Melkarth, the principal god of the city, the temple on the island, the supposed site of the ancient city, is said by Arrian to have been the most ancient wit…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 23:1-15Isaiah 23:1-15 · The Pulpit CommentaryAspects of Divine judgment. I. ITS CERTAINTY. 1. The duration of time is no guarantee against its coming; Tyre was a "joyous city, whose antiquity was of ancient days" (Isaiah 23:7), but judgment would fall upon her in…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Isaiah 23:1-14Tyre was the mart of the nations. She was noted for mirth and diversions; and this made her loth to consider the warnings God gave by his servants. Her merchants were princes, and lived like princes. Tyre being destroye…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Doom of Tyre. (b. c. 718.)THE DOOM OF TYRE. (B. C. 718.) Tyre being a sea-port town, this prophecy of its overthrow fitly begins and ends with, Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for all its business, wealth, and honour, depended upon its shipping; if…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 23:1The mission of Tyre, the commercial. This is the aspect under which Tyre is best known and remembered. Dean Stanley gives a brief but characteristically suggestive description of it. "The massive remains of the ancient…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 23:1-18The fall of Tyre. I. THE ANCIENT FAME OF TYRO. Consecrated to Melkarth, the principal god of the city, the temple on the island, the supposed site of the ancient city, is said by Arrian to have been the most ancient wit…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 23:1-14THE BURDEN OF TYRE. We hero reach the last of the "burdens"—the concluding chapter of the series of denunciatory prophecies which commenced with Isaiah 13:1-22. It is an elegy "in three stanzas, or strophes" (Cheyne)—th…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 23:1Howl (comp. Isaiah 13:6, 31). The expression is common in the prophets (see Jeremiah 4:8; Jeremiah 25:34, etc.: Ezekiel 21:12; Ezekiel 30:2; Joel 1:5, Joel 1:11, Joel 1:13; Zephaniah 1:11; Zechariah 11:2, etc.). Ye ship…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 23:1-15Aspects of Divine judgment. I. ITS CERTAINTY. 1. The duration of time is no guarantee against its coming; Tyre was a "joyous city, whose antiquity was of ancient days" (Isaiah 23:7), but judgment would fall upon her in…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 23:2The dependence of one nation upon another. Tyre was, according to some authorities, a colony of Zidon. And the figure in the text sets forth a corporate body, each part dependent on the other. Insular Tyre directly depe…Joseph S. Exell and contributors