Isaiah 23:2 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 23:2

Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.

BSB

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ASV

Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

KJV

Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Be still “Be silent” - Silence is a mark of grief and consternation. See Isa 47:5. Jeremiah has finely expressed this image: - “The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, they are silent: They have cast up dust on their heads, they have girded themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.” Lam 2:10.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Be still - Hebrew. be silent, boast no more of thy wealth and power. The isle - Of Tyre, which was an island, 'till Alexander joined it to the continent. The title of islands is often given by the Hebrew to places bordering upon the sea.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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, 8, 23).

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
דֹּ֖מּוּ	Do.mu	be silent	H1826 →
יֹ֣שְׁבֵי	Yo.she.vei	O inhabitants of	H3427 →
אִ֑י	'I	[the] coastland	H339 →
סֹחֵ֥ר	so.Cher	[the] trader of	H5503 →
צִיד֛וֹן	tzi.Don	Sidon	H6721 →
עֹבֵ֥ר	'o.Ver	[who] passed over	H5674 →
יָ֖ם	yam	[the] sea	H3220 →
מִלְאֽוּךְ׃	mil.'Ukh	they have filled you	H4390 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 46:10
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
leads to
- Habakkuk 2:20
  But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Zechariah 2:13
  Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 100:3
  Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
- Ezekiel 38:23
  I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
- Psalms 83:18
  May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
Through
Habakkuk 2:20
But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
leads to
- Zephaniah 1:7
  Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.
- Psalms 46:10
  “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
- Psalms 11:4
  The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.

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02Original language & word study

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06About Isaiah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Isaiah