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Your traders crossed the sea,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Be still, O inhabitants of the coast; the merchants of Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon, Whom those who cross the sea have filled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon; Your messengers crossed the sea<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon; Your messengers crossed the sea<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon; Your messengers crossed the sea<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon; Your messengers crossed the sea<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon; Your messengers crossed the sea<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Mourn, inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon; your agents have crossed the sea<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Mourn, inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon; your agents have crossed the sea <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Mourn in silence, you shop owners of Sidon, you people on the coast. Your sailors crossed oceans, making your city rich. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants from Sidon. Your messengers have crossed the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Wail, you merchants of Sidon! You sent agents <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Be silent, you inhabitants of the coast, you merchants of Sidon, whose messengers crossed over the sea, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Lament, you residents of the coast, you merchants of Sidon who travel over the sea, whose agents sail over<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon that pass over the sea have replenished. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Be silent, you inhabitants of the island, "" Trader of Sidon, passing the sea, they filled you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Be silent, ye inhabitants of the isle, Trader of Zidon, passing the sea, they filled thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Be ye silent, O inhabitants of the isle; the merchants of Zidon passing over the sea filled thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Be silent, you that dwell in the island: the merchants of Sidon passing over the sea, have filled thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Be silent, you inhabitants of the island! The merchants of Sidon, crossing over the sea, have filled you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Silence! you who dwell on the coast, you merchants of Sidon, Whose messengers crossed the sea <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Be still, O inhabitants of the coast, O merchants of Sidon, your messengers crossed over the sea<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Be still, O inhabitants of the islands, the merchants of Zidon that passed over the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Be still, inhabitants of the Merchant island of Tsidon, which is beyond in the Sea<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast-land; Thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />To whom are the dwellers in the island become like, the merchants of Phoenice, passing over the sea<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/23-2.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=4622" 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">1</span>This 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. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1826.htm" title="1826: dōm·mū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- A prim root; to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish.">Be silent,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šə·ḇê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">O dwellers</a> <a href="/hebrew/339.htm" title="339: ’î (N-ms) -- Coast, region. From 'avah; properly, a habitable spot; dry land, a coast, an island.">of the coastland,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5503.htm" title="5503: sō·ḥêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc) -- To go around or about, travel about. A primitive root; to travel round; intensively, to palpitate.">you merchants</a> <a href="/hebrew/6721.htm" title="6721: ṣî·ḏō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- Or Tsiydon; from tsuwd in the sense of catching fish; fishery; Tsidon, the name of a son of Canaan, and of a place in Palestine.">of Sidon,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: ‘ō·ḇêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">whose traders</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: mil·’ūḵ (V-Piel-Perf-3cp:: 2fs) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">have crossed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: yām (N-ms) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">the sea.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.…<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/27-25.htm">Ezekiel 27:25-36</a></span><br />The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea. / 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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/9-2.htm">Zechariah 9:2-4</a></span><br />and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd. / 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="/revelation/18-11.htm">Revelation 18:11-19</a></span><br />And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— / cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; / of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls of slaves. ...<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="/ezekiel/26-15.htm">Ezekiel 26:15-18</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst? / All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you. / Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples! ...<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="/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="/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="/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="/psalms/48-7.htm">Psalm 48:7</a></span><br />With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-9.htm">Revelation 18:9-10</a></span><br />Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. / In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”<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="/ezekiel/28-2.htm">Ezekiel 28:2-8</a></span><br />“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god. / Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you! / By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/12-20.htm">Acts 12:20</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/23-8.htm">Isaiah 23:8-9</a></span><br />Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth? / The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Be still, you inhabitants of the isle; you whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.</p><p class="hdg">still.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/41-1.htm">Isaiah 41:1</a></b></br> Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew <i>their</i> strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/47-5.htm">Isaiah 47:5</a></b></br> Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/46-10.htm">Psalm 46:10</a></b></br> Be still, and know that I <i>am</i> God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.</p><p class="hdg">the isle</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/27-3.htm">Ezekiel 27:3,4</a></b></br> And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, <i>which art</i> a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I <i>am</i> of perfect beauty… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/28-2.htm">Ezekiel 28:2</a></b></br> Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart <i>is</i> lifted up, and thou hast said, I <i>am</i> a God, I sit <i>in</i> the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou <i>art</i> a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:</p><p class="hdg">the merchants</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Ezekiel 27:8</a></b></br> The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise <i>men</i>, O Tyrus, <i>that</i> were in thee, were thy pilots.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/20-6.htm">Coast</a> <a href="/isaiah/20-6.htm">Coastland</a> <a href="/isaiah/20-6.htm">Coast-Land</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-29.htm">Crossed</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-1.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-25.htm">Enriched</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-7.htm">Great</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-3.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-21.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/job/22-30.htm">Island</a> <a href="/isaiah/20-6.htm">Isle</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-24.htm">Merchants</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-2.htm">Messengers</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-8.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-1.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-6.htm">Replenished</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-32.htm">Representatives</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-1.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-16.htm">Sea-Land</a> <a href="/ezra/3-7.htm">Sidon</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-5.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/songs/3-6.htm">Trader</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-24.htm">Traders</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-11.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/ezra/3-7.htm">Zidon</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/23-6.htm">Coast</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-6.htm">Coastland</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-6.htm">Coast-Land</a> <a href="/matthew/9-1.htm">Crossed</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-14.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Enriched</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-3.htm">Great</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-6.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-6.htm">Island</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-6.htm">Isle</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-8.htm">Merchants</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-4.htm">Messengers</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-27.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-5.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-25.htm">Replenished</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-4.htm">Representatives</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-4.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-6.htm">Sea-Land</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-4.htm">Sidon</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-8.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Trader</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-8.htm">Traders</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-3.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-4.htm">Zidon</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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In the context of <a href="/isaiah/23.htm">Isaiah 23</a>, it signals the impending judgment on Tyre and Sidon, urging the inhabitants to pause and consider the seriousness of the situation. Silence in the Bible can also indicate submission to God's will, as seen in <a href="/habakkuk/2-20.htm">Habakkuk 2:20</a>, where the earth is called to be silent before the Lord.<p><b>O dwellers of the coastland</b><br>The "dwellers of the coastland" refers to the inhabitants of the coastal regions, particularly those around the Mediterranean Sea. These areas were known for their maritime activities and trade. The coastlands often symbolize distant lands in biblical prophecy, indicating the far-reaching impact of Tyre's influence and the widespread nature of the judgment pronounced. The coastlands are frequently mentioned in Isaiah as places that will witness God's power and judgment (<a href="/isaiah/42-10.htm">Isaiah 42:10</a>).<p><b>you merchants of Sidon</b><br>Sidon, along with Tyre, was a prominent Phoenician city known for its trade and commerce. The merchants of Sidon were renowned for their wealth and influence, derived from their extensive trading networks. This phrase highlights the economic prowess of Sidon and its reliance on trade, which would be disrupted by the coming judgment. The mention of merchants underscores the theme of economic downfall, a common motif in prophetic literature, as seen in <a href="/revelation/18.htm">Revelation 18</a> with the fall of Babylon.<p><b>whose traders have crossed the sea</b><br>The traders of Sidon were known for their seafaring abilities, establishing trade routes across the Mediterranean. This phrase emphasizes the extensive reach of Sidon's commerce and its dependence on maritime trade. The sea, often a symbol of chaos and uncertainty in the Bible, here represents the vast and interconnected nature of ancient trade networks. The crossing of the sea by Sidon's traders signifies their influence and the impending disruption of their economic activities due to divine judgment. This imagery is echoed in <a href="/ezekiel/27.htm">Ezekiel 27</a>, which describes the fall of Tyre and its impact on international trade.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/dwellers_of_the_coastland.htm">Dwellers of the Coastland</a></b><br>Refers to the inhabitants of the coastal regions, likely including the people of Tyre and Sidon, known for their maritime trade and commerce.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/merchants_of_sidon.htm">Merchants of Sidon</a></b><br>Sidon was a prominent Phoenician city known for its trade and skilled merchants. The merchants played a crucial role in the economic prosperity of the region.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/traders.htm">Traders</a></b><br>These are the individuals who engaged in commerce, traveling across the sea to conduct trade, contributing to the wealth and influence of Sidon.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sea.htm">The Sea</a></b><br>Represents the Mediterranean Sea, which was a major route for trade and cultural exchange during the time of Isaiah.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who delivered God's messages to the people of Israel and surrounding nations, including prophecies concerning judgment and redemption.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_silence_of_judgment.htm">The Silence of Judgment</a></b><br>The call for silence in <a href="/isaiah/23-2.htm">Isaiah 23:2</a> signifies a moment of impending judgment. It serves as a reminder that human pride and reliance on wealth are ultimately subject to God's sovereign will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_earthly_wealth.htm">The Transience of Earthly Wealth</a></b><br>The merchants of Sidon, despite their success, face the reality of divine judgment. This teaches us that material wealth and success are temporary and should not be our ultimate pursuit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>The prophecy against Sidon illustrates God's control over nations and their destinies. Believers are encouraged to trust in God's plan and timing, even when worldly powers seem dominant.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_humility.htm">The Importance of Humility</a></b><br>The downfall of proud cities like Sidon serves as a warning against arrogance. Christians are called to live humbly, recognizing that all blessings come from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_reflect_and_repent.htm">The Call to Reflect and Repent</a></b><br>The silence called for in the verse invites introspection and repentance. Believers should regularly examine their lives, turning away from sin and towards God.<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's_tyre_and_sidon's_biblical_role.htm">What is Tyre and Sidon's biblical significance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_all_faiths_coexist_per_isaiah_2_2-3.htm">If Isaiah 2:2-3 indicates all peoples will stream to the Lord's mountain, how do we reconcile this with other faiths continuing to flourish?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_verify_jesus'_'fullness_of_time'.htm">In Galatians 4:4, how can we verify historically that Jesus came at the 'fullness of time' as Paul claims?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_caused_jesus_to_feel_anger.htm">What caused Jesus to feel anger?</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>(2) <span class= "bld">Inhabitants of the isle . . .</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">coast. </span>The word was specially appropriate to the narrow seaboard strip of land occupied by the Ph?nicians--Zidon, the older city, the "great Zidon" of <a href="/joshua/11-8.htm" title="And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them to great Zidon, and to Misrephothmaim, and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.">Joshua 11:8</a>; <a href="/joshua/19-28.htm" title="And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Zidon;">Joshua 19:28</a>, appearing as the representative of Ph?nicia generally. It was her commerce that had filled Tyre and the other daughter cities. The "dumbness" to which the prophet calls the people is that of stupefied terror.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Be still</span>; rather, <span class="accented">be silent</span>, as in the margin. It would be idle to complain or lament. <span class="cmt_word">Ye inhabitants of the isle</span>. Tyro was situated on a small isle, which Alexander joined to the mainland by means of a mole (Arrian, 'Exp. Alex.,' 2:23). It is uncertain, however, whether this isle is meant here, or the strip of Phoenician coast, since the Hebrew '<span class="accented">i</span> has both meanings. <span class="cmt_word">Thou whom the merchants of Zidon... have replenished</span>. During the flourishing period of Tyro (B.C. 1025-585), Zidon, though it had generally kings of its own, played a secondary part to Tyre, and for the most part acquiesced in Tyrian supremacy. Its best sailors served in the Tyrian fleet (<a href="/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Ezekiel 27:8</a>), and its merchants were content to enrich the recognized "chief city." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/23-2.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">Be silent,</span><br /><span class="heb">דֹּ֖מּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(dōm·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1826.htm">Strong's 1826: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be dumb, to be astonished, to stop, to perish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O dwellers</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹ֣שְׁבֵי</span> <span class="translit">(yō·šə·ḇê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the coastland,</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(’î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_339.htm">Strong's 339: </a> </span><span class="str2">A habitable spot, dry land, a coast, an island</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you merchants</span><br /><span class="heb">סֹחֵ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(sō·ḥêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5503.htm">Strong's 5503: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go around or about, travel about</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Sidon,</span><br /><span class="heb">צִיד֛וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ṣî·ḏō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6721.htm">Strong's 6721: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sidon -- a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast, also a son of Canaan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whom the seafarers</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹבֵ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·ḇêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have enriched.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִלְאֽוּךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mil·’ūḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/23-2.htm">Isaiah 23:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/23-2.htm">Isaiah 23:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/23-2.htm">Isaiah 23:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/23-2.htm">Isaiah 23:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/23-2.htm">Isaiah 23:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/23-2.htm">Isaiah 23:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/23-2.htm">Isaiah 23:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/23-2.htm">Isaiah 23:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/23-2.htm">Isaiah 23:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/23-2.htm">Isaiah 23:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/23-2.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 23:2 Be still you inhabitants of the coast (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/23-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 23:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 23:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/23-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 23:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 23:3" /></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>