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He has given an order concerning Phoenicia that her fortresses be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The LORD held out his hand over the sea and shook the kingdoms of the earth. He has spoken out against Phoenicia, ordering that her fortresses be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He has stretched out his hand over the sea; he has shaken the kingdoms; the LORD has given command concerning Canaan to destroy its strongholds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant <i>city</i>, to destroy the strong holds thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He stretched out His hand over the sea, He shook the kingdoms; The LORD has given a commandment against Canaan To destroy its strongholds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He has stretched His hand out over the sea, He has made the kingdoms tremble; The LORD has given a command concerning Canaan to demolish its strongholds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He has stretched His hand out over the sea, He has made the kingdoms tremble; The LORD has given a command concerning Canaan to demolish its strongholds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />He has stretched His hand out over the sea, He has made the kingdoms tremble; The LORD has given a command concerning Canaan to demolish its strongholds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He has stretched His hand out over the sea; He has made the kingdoms tremble; Yahweh has given a command concerning Canaan to demolish its strong defenses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He has stretched out His hand over the sea, He has shaken the kingdoms; The LORD has given a command concerning Canaan to destroy her strongholds <i>and</i> her fortresses [like Tyre and Sidon].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He stretched out his hand over the sea; he made kingdoms tremble. The LORD has commanded that the Canaanite fortresses be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He stretched out His hand over the sea; He made kingdoms tremble. The LORD has commanded that the Canaanite fortresses be destroyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD's hand has reached across the sea, upsetting the nations. He has given a command to destroy fortresses in the land of Canaan. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: the LORD hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strong holds thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD has stretched his hand over the sea to shake kingdoms. He has commanded that Canaan's fortifications be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD has stretched out his hand over the sea and overthrown kingdoms. He has commanded that the Phoenician centers of commerce be destroyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He has stretched out his hand over the sea; he has made kingdoms tremble. The LORD has issued orders concerning Canaan to destroy its strongholds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook kingdoms; he gave the order to destroy Canaan's fortresses. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He has stretched out his hand over the sea. He has shaken the kingdoms. The LORD has ordered the destruction of Canaan's strongholds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He stretched his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy its strong holds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He has stretched out his hand over the sea. He has shaken the kingdoms. Yahweh has ordered the destruction of Canaan’s strongholds. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He has stretched out His hand over the sea, "" He has caused kingdoms to tremble, "" YHWH has charged concerning the merchant one, "" To destroy her strong places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> His hand He hath stretched out over the sea, He hath caused kingdoms to tremble, Jehovah hath charged concerning the merchant one, To destroy her strong places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He stretched forth his hand over the sea, he disquieted kingdoms: Jehovah commanded to Canaan to destroy her fortress.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He stretched out his hand over the sea, he troubled kingdoms: the Lord hath given a charge against Chanaan, to destroy the strong ones thereof. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />He has extended his hand over the sea. He has stirred up kingdoms. The Lord has given an order against Canaan, so that he may crush its strong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />His hand he stretches out over the sea, he shakes kingdoms; The LORD commanded the destruction of Canaan’s strongholds: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He has stretched out his hand over the sea, he has shaken the kingdoms; the LORD has given command concerning Canaan to destroy its fortresses.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms; the LORD has given a commandment against Canaan to destroy its mighty men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />He lifted his hand over the sea and he angered the kingdoms. LORD JEHOVAH commanded against Canaan to destroy its mighty ones<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He hath stretched out His hand over the sea, He hath shaken the kingdoms; The LORD hath given commandment concerning Canaan, To destroy the strongholds thereof;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thy hand prevails no more by sea, which troubled kings: the Lord of hosts has given a command concerning Chanaan, to destroy the strength thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/23-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=4703" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/23.htm">The Fall of Tyre</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: nā·ṭāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">The LORD has stretched out</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">His hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: hay·yām (Art:: N-ms) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">the sea;</a> <a href="/hebrew/4467.htm" title="4467: mam·lā·ḵō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign. From malak; dominion, i.e. the estate or the country.">He has made kingdoms</a> <a href="/hebrew/7264.htm" title="7264: hir·gîz (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed. A primitive root; to quiver.">tremble.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">He</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wāh (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">has given a command</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/4581.htm" title="4581: mā·‘uz·ne·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- (also mauwz); or mahoz (also ma, uz; from azaz; a fortified place; figuratively, a defence.">the strongholds</a> <a href="/hebrew/3667.htm" title="3667: kə·na·‘an (N-proper-ms) -- From kana'; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him.">of Canaan</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: laš·miḏ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">be destroyed.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>He 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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/26-3.htm">Ezekiel 26:3-4</a></span><br />therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. / They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/47-4.htm">Jeremiah 47:4</a></span><br />For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/9-3.htm">Zechariah 9:3-4</a></span><br />Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets. / Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/1-9.htm">Amos 1:9-10</a></span><br />This 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. / So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-4.htm">Joel 3:4-8</a></span><br />Now 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. / For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples. / You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/83-7.htm">Psalm 83:7</a></span><br />of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/3-4.htm">Nahum 3:4-7</a></span><br />because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft. / “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms. / I will pelt you with filth and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/27-26.htm">Ezekiel 27:26-36</a></span><br />Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea. / Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall. / The countryside will shake when your sailors cry out. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-26.htm">Isaiah 14:26-27</a></span><br />This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations. / The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-22.htm">Jeremiah 25:22</a></span><br />all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Revelation 18:17-19</a></span><br />For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance / and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim. / Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Matthew 11:21-22</a></span><br />“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-13.htm">Luke 10:13-14</a></span><br />Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. / But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/12-20.htm">Acts 12:20-23</a></span><br />Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food. / On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people. / And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-2</a></span><br />Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD has given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.</p><p class="hdg">stretched</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-19.htm">Isaiah 2:19</a></b></br> And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-16.htm">Isaiah 14:16,17</a></b></br> They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, <i>and</i> consider thee, <i>saying, Is</i> this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/15-8.htm">Exodus 15:8-10</a></b></br> And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, <i>and</i> the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea… </p><p class="hdg">the Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Isaiah 10:6</a></b></br> I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/71-3.htm">Psalm 71:3</a></b></br> Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou <i>art</i> my rock and my fortress.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/47-7.htm">Jeremiah 47:7</a></b></br> How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.</p><p class="hdg">against the merchant city.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/23-3.htm">Isaiah 23:3</a></b></br> And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, <i>is</i> her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/12-7.htm">Hosea 12:7,8</a></b></br> <i>He is</i> a merchant, the balances of deceit <i>are</i> in his hand: he loveth to oppress… </p><p class="hdg">the merchant city.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/9-25.htm">Genesis 9:25</a></b></br> And he said, Cursed <i>be</i> Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-15.htm">Genesis 10:15-19</a></b></br> And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/14-21.htm">Zechariah 14:21</a></b></br> Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.</p><p class="hdg">strong holds.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/9-3.htm">Zechariah 9:3,4</a></b></br> And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/19-18.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-8.htm">City</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Command</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-5.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-3.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-4.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/psalms/18-45.htm">Fortresses</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-21.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-19.htm">Holds</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-16.htm">Kingdoms</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-3.htm">Merchant</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-28.htm">Order</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-24.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-3.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/acts/21-2.htm">Phoenicia</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-7.htm">Places</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-4.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm">Shaken</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-16.htm">Shaketh</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-4.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-16.htm">Shook</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-16.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-1.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/psalms/89-40.htm">Strongholds</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-11.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-4.htm">Tremble</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-1.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-12.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-16.htm">City</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-21.htm">Command</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-7.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-12.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-13.htm">Fortresses</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-10.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-23.htm">Holds</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-17.htm">Kingdoms</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-3.htm">Merchant</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-10.htm">Order</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-33.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-26.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-20.htm">Phoenicia</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm">Places</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-14.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-19.htm">Shaken</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-15.htm">Shaketh</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-13.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-24.htm">Shook</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-7.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-14.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-13.htm">Strongholds</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-13.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-18.htm">Tremble</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-14.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/23-1.htm">The miserable overthrow of Tyre</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/23-15.htm">Her restoration and unfaithfulness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The imagery of God stretching out His hand is reminiscent of His actions during the Exodus, where He parted the Red Sea (<a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Exodus 14:21</a>). It underscores His control over natural elements and nations, emphasizing His ability to execute judgment and bring about His purposes. The sea here may also represent the Mediterranean, highlighting the reach of God's influence over the maritime powers, such as Tyre and Sidon, which were significant in trade and commerce.<p><b>He has made kingdoms tremble.</b><br>This indicates the fear and instability that God's judgment brings upon nations. The trembling of kingdoms suggests a divine intervention that disrupts the political and social order. Historically, this can be linked to the fall of powerful city-states like Tyre, which was a dominant maritime power. The trembling of kingdoms is a recurring theme in prophetic literature, where God's judgment is portrayed as a force that humbles the proud and mighty (<a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm">Isaiah 13:13</a>, <a href="/jeremiah/50-46.htm">Jeremiah 50:46</a>). It serves as a reminder of the transient nature of human power compared to God's eternal sovereignty.<p><b>He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.</b><br>This phrase reflects God's direct intervention in the affairs of nations, particularly those in Canaan, which includes the Phoenician cities like Tyre and Sidon. The strongholds represent fortified cities and centers of power that are subject to God's judgment. Historically, this can be seen in the conquests by Assyrian and Babylonian empires, which were instruments of God's judgment. The destruction of these strongholds fulfills prophecies against nations that opposed God's people and purposes (<a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Joshua 11:12</a>, <a href="/ezekiel/26-3.htm">Ezekiel 26:3-4</a>). It also prefigures the ultimate victory of Christ, who will destroy all spiritual strongholds and establish His kingdom (<a href="/2_corinthians/10-4.htm">2 Corinthians 10:4-5</a>, <a href="/revelation/11-15.htm">Revelation 11:15</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The sovereign God of Israel, who exercises authority over nations and seas.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sea.htm">The Sea</a></b><br>Often symbolic of chaos and nations in biblical literature, representing the vast and uncontrollable forces of the world.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/k/kingdoms.htm">Kingdoms</a></b><br>Refers to the nations surrounding Israel, particularly those involved in trade and commerce, such as Tyre and Sidon.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The land promised to the Israelites, representing the pagan nations and their strongholds that stand against God's people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/strongholds.htm">Strongholds</a></b><br>Fortified places or centers of power that are resistant to God's will, both physically and spiritually.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>God is in control of all nations and their destinies. No kingdom is beyond His reach or authority.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_command.htm">The Power of God's Command</a></b><br>When God issues a command, it is executed. His word is powerful and accomplishes His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_redemption.htm">Judgment and Redemption</a></b><br>God's judgment on nations serves as a reminder of His holiness and the need for repentance. It also points to the ultimate redemption through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_strongholds.htm">Spiritual Strongholds</a></b><br>Just as God commanded the destruction of physical strongholds, believers are called to tear down spiritual strongholds in their lives through faith and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_plan.htm">Trust in God's Plan</a></b><br>Even when nations tremble and chaos seems to reign, believers can trust in God's perfect plan and His ultimate victory.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_decision_guidance_is_in_the_bible.htm">What guidance does the Bible offer for decision making?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_books'_order.htm">What is the order of the Bible's books?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_fire_and_brimstone.htm">What does the Bible say about fire and brimstone?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_christianity_based_on_reason.htm">What is God's redemption plan for humanity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">He shook the kingdoms.</span>--The picture of the great convulsion of the time includes more than Tyre and its subject states. Egypt, Ethiopia, Babylon, Syria, Israel, Judah, were all affected, shaken as to their very foundations, by the rapid progress of the restored Assyrian empire under Tiglath-pileser and his successors.<p><span class= "bld">Against the merchant city.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">Canaan </span>(the word "city" being an interpolation), taken here as equivalent to Ph?nicia. So in <a href="/joshua/5-1.htm" title="And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.">Joshua 5:1</a>, the LXX. translates "Canaanites" by "Ph?nicia."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He stretched out his hand over the sea</span>, By "he" we must understand "Jehovah" (see ver. 9). God has smitten Tyro - the great maritime power - destroyed its dominion, and set its subject cities free. <span class="cmt_word">He shook the kingdoms</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> not only Tyre, but the other cities of the Phoenician coast, each of which had its own king (Herod., 7:98; Strab., 16. p. 754). <span class="cmt_word">Against the merchant city</span>; rather, <span class="accented">against Canaan</span>. Phoenicia is called "Canaan," as England is often called "Britain." So the "SyroPhoenician woman" of <a href="/mark/7-26.htm">Mark 7:26</a> is "a woman of Canaan" in <a href="/matthew/15-22.htm">Matthew 15:22</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/23-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">[The LORD] has stretched out</span><br /><span class="heb">נָטָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṭāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His hand</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדוֹ֙</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sea;</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיָּ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He has made kingdoms</span><br /><span class="heb">מַמְלָכ֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mam·lā·ḵō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4467.htm">Strong's 4467: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tremble.</span><br /><span class="heb">הִרְגִּ֖יז</span> <span class="translit">(hir·gîz)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7264.htm">Strong's 7264: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[He]</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has given a command</span><br /><span class="heb">צִוָּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṣiw·wāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the strongholds</span><br /><span class="heb">מָעֻזְנֶֽיהָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mā·‘uz·ne·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4581.htm">Strong's 4581: </a> </span><span class="str2">A place or means of safety, protection</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Canaan</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּנַ֔עַן</span> <span class="translit">(kə·na·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3667.htm">Strong's 3667: </a> </span><span class="str2">Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be destroyed.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַשְׁמִ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(laš·miḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be exterminated or destroyed</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/23-11.htm">Isaiah 23:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/23-11.htm">Isaiah 23:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/23-11.htm">Isaiah 23:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/23-11.htm">Isaiah 23:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/23-11.htm">Isaiah 23:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/23-11.htm">Isaiah 23:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/23-11.htm">Isaiah 23:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/23-11.htm">Isaiah 23:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/23-11.htm">Isaiah 23:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/23-11.htm">Isaiah 23:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/23-11.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 23:11 He has stretched out his hand over (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/23-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 23:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 23:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/23-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 23:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 23:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>