Tyre's burden closes the cycle of oracles against the nations. Ships of Tarshish are told to howl (their harbor is laid waste, the news reaching them from Kittim) and Sidon is shamed as the sea disowns her children. Tyre, "the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes," grew rich on the Nile's harvest carried over great waters, but the oracle names the planner behind her fall: "Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory." The land of the Chaldeans stands as evidence that he shakes kingdoms. Tyre is then forgotten seventy years, "according to the days of one king," after which she returns like the forgotten harlot of the song, plying her trade with all kingdoms, yet with a twist: her merchandise and hire become "holiness to Jehovah," feeding and clothing those who dwell before him.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Isaiah — Isaiah overview

A. 1–9 Howl, Ships of Tarshish — Tyre Is Laid Waste
B. 10–18 Seventy Years, and Tyre's Hire Made Holy to the LORD

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Isaiah 234 verses
- Isaiah 23:1This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
- Isaiah 23:6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
- Isaiah 23:12He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”
- Isaiah 23:14Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!
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Revelation 183 verses
- Revelation 18:8Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
- Revelation 18:22And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.
- Revelation 18:23The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”
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Isaiah 472 verses
- Isaiah 47:1“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
- Isaiah 47:5“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
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Isaiah 22 verses
- Isaiah 2:16against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
- Isaiah 2:19Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
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Ezekiel 272 verses
- Ezekiel 27:6Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.
- Ezekiel 27:25The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.
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Joel 31 verse
- Joel 3:4Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
- Read Joel 3 →
Amos 11 verse
- Amos 1:9This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.
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Genesis 101 verse
- Genesis 10:4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
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