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What a long history was yours! Think of all the colonists you sent to distant places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Is this your exultant city whose origin is from days of old, whose feet carried her to settle far away?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>Is</i> this your joyous <i>city</i>, whose antiquity <i>is</i> of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br /><i>Is</i> this your joyous <i>city,</i> Whose antiquity <i>is</i> from ancient days, Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is this your jubilant <i>city,</i> Whose origin is from antiquity, Whose feet used to bring her to colonize distant places?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Is this your jubilant city, Whose origin is from antiquity, Whose feet used to carry her to colonize distant places?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Is this your jubilant <i>city,</i> Whose origin is from antiquity, Whose feet used to carry her to colonize distant places?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Is this your exultant <i>city</i>, Whose origin is from days of old, Whose feet used to lead her to sojourn in distant places?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Is this your jubilant <i>city,</i> Whose origin dates back to antiquity, Whose feet used to carry her [far away] to colonize distant places?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is this your jubilant city, whose origin was in ancient times, whose feet have taken her to reside far away?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is this your jubilant city, whose origin was in ancient times, whose feet have taken her to settle far away? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Can this be the happy city that has stood for centuries? Its people have spread to distant lands; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Is this your bustling city founded in the distant past? Is this the city that sent its people to settle in distant lands?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Can this be the joyful city of Tyre, founded so long ago? Is this the city that sent settlers across the sea to establish colonies? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Is this your exciting city, that was founded long ago, whose feet carried her to settle in far-off lands?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Is this really your boisterous city whose origins are in the distant past, and whose feet led her to a distant land to reside? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her far away to travel?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her far off to sojourn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her far away to travel? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Is this your exulting one? Her antiquity [is] from the days of old, "" Her own feet carry her far off to sojourn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Is this your exulting one? From the days of old is her antiquity, Carry her do her own feet afar off to sojourn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />This to you the exulting from the days of old, her beginning; her feet shall fail her sojourning from far off.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Is not this your city, which gloried from of old in her antiquity? her feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Is this not your place, which from its earliest days has gloried in its antiquity? Her feet will lead her to a sojourn far away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Is this your exultant city, whose origin is from old, Whose feet have taken her to dwell in distant lands? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Is this your exultant city whose origin is from days of old, whose feet carried her to settle far away?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Is this your mighty city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? Her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />This is your fortress that is from the first days. Her feet shall go before her, that she will cross over far away<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Is this your joyous city, Whose feet in antiquity, In ancient days, Carried her afar off to sojourn?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Was not this your pride from the beginning, before she was given up?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/23-7.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=4668" 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">6</span>Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland! <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: hă·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">Is this</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">your</a> <a href="/hebrew/5947.htm" title="5947: ‘al·lî·zāh (Adj-fs) -- Exultant, jubilant. From alaz; exultant.">jubilant city,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6927.htm" title="6927: qaḏ·mā·ṯāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Antiquity, former state. From qadam; priority; also used adverbially.">whose origin</a> <a href="/hebrew/6924.htm" title="6924: qe·ḏem (N-ms) -- The front, of place, time. Or qedmah; from qadam; the front, of place or time; often used adverbially.">is from antiquity,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: mî·mê- (Prep-m:: N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: raḡ·le·hā (N-fdc:: 3fs) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">whose feet</a> <a href="/hebrew/2986.htm" title="2986: yō·ḇi·lū·hā (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp:: 3fs) -- To conduct, bear along. A primitive root; properly, to flow; causatively, to bring.">have taken her</a> <a href="/hebrew/1481.htm" title="1481: lā·ḡūr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; properly, to turn aside from the road, i.e. Sojourn; also to shrink, fear; also to gather for hostility.">to settle</a> <a href="/hebrew/7350.htm" title="7350: mê·rā·ḥō·wq (Prep-m:: Adj-ms) -- Or rachoq; from rachaq; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially.">far away?</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?…<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/26-17.htm">Ezekiel 26:17-18</a></span><br />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! / Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/27-32.htm">Ezekiel 27:32-36</a></span><br />As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea? / When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise. / Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with 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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/isaiah/14-12.htm">Isaiah 14:12-15</a></span><br />How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. / You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. / I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” ...<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.”<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.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.</p><p class="hdg">your</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/22-2.htm">Isaiah 22:2</a></b></br> Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain <i>men are</i> not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.</p><p class="hdg">whose</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/19-29.htm">Joshua 19:29</a></b></br> And <i>then</i> the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:</p><p class="hdg">her own</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1,2</a></b></br> Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: <i>there is</i> no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/10-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:7</a></b></br> I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.</p><p class="hdg">afar off.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/22-3.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-11.htm">Ancient</a> <a href="/job/20-4.htm">Antiquity</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-6.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-17.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-9.htm">City</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-14.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-5.htm">Distant</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-2.htm">Exultant</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-3.htm">Far</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-9.htm">Far-Off</a> <a href="/isaiah/20-2.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-7.htm">Full</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-12.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-13.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-2.htm">Joyous</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Jubilant</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-11.htm">Origin</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-13.htm">Past</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-9.htm">Places</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-13.htm">Revelry</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-1.htm">Settle</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-4.htm">Sojourn</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-4.htm">Start</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-31.htm">Times</a> <a href="/proverbs/4-15.htm">Travel</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-6.htm">Used</a> <a href="/psalms/56-8.htm">Wanderings</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/30-27.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">Ancient</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Antiquity</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-12.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-19.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-8.htm">City</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-20.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-17.htm">Distant</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-15.htm">Exultant</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-15.htm">Far</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-11.htm">Far-Off</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-6.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Full</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-18.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-12.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm">Joyous</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-8.htm">Jubilant</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Origin</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-1.htm">Past</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-11.htm">Places</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm">Revelry</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-14.htm">Settle</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-4.htm">Sojourn</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-12.htm">Start</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-3.htm">Times</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-8.htm">Travel</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-24.htm">Used</a> <a href="/genesis/28-4.htm">Wanderings</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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Tyre was known for its wealth and vibrant trade, often described as jubilant due to its economic success. The rhetorical question implies a contrast between its past glory and its present downfall, as prophesied by Isaiah. This reflects the biblical theme of the fleeting nature of earthly riches and the judgment that comes upon pride and self-sufficiency, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a>.<p><b>whose origin is from antiquity</b><br>Tyre's history dates back to ancient times, making it one of the oldest cities in the region. It was a significant Phoenician city, known for its maritime prowess and trade networks. The reference to its ancient origins highlights its long-standing influence and the depth of its cultural and economic roots. This historical context underscores the magnitude of its impending judgment, as even a city with such a storied past is not immune to divine retribution.<p><b>whose feet have taken her to settle far away</b><br>This phrase alludes to Tyre's extensive trade networks and colonization efforts. The city established colonies throughout the Mediterranean, including Carthage, which became a powerful city in its own right. The imagery of feet suggests movement and expansion, emphasizing Tyre's reach and influence. This expansion is a testament to its ambition and success but also serves as a reminder of the eventual scattering and downfall prophesied by Isaiah. The notion of being "far away" can also symbolize the spiritual distance from God that comes with pride and self-reliance, a theme echoed in the story of the Tower of Babel in <a href="/genesis/11.htm">Genesis 11</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/tyre.htm">Tyre</a></b><br>An ancient and prosperous Phoenician city known for its trade and wealth. Tyre is the subject of <a href="/bsb/isaiah/23.htm">Isaiah 23</a>, where its downfall is prophesied.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/phoenicia.htm">Phoenicia</a></b><br>The region where Tyre was located, known for its maritime trade and influence across the Mediterranean.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who delivered God's message concerning the judgment and eventual restoration of Tyre.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jubilant_city.htm">Jubilant City</a></b><br>Refers to Tyre, known for its celebrations and prosperity, now facing judgment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/distant_lands.htm">Distant Lands</a></b><br>Indicates the extensive reach of Tyre's trade and influence, as its merchants traveled far and wide.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_earthly_wealth.htm">The Transience of Earthly Wealth</a></b><br>Tyre's prosperity and influence were significant, yet they were not immune to God's judgment. This serves as a reminder 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 Tyre demonstrates God's control over the rise and fall of nations. We can trust in His sovereignty and justice, even when worldly powers seem unassailable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Like Tyre, we are called to recognize our dependence on God rather than our achievements. Repentance and humility are crucial in aligning ourselves with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reach_of_influence.htm">The Reach of Influence</a></b><br>Tyre's influence extended to distant lands, reminding us of the impact our lives can have on others. We should strive to be a positive influence, spreading the message of God's love and truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_historical_context.htm">The Importance of Historical Context</a></b><br>Understanding the historical and cultural background of Tyre enriches our comprehension of the text and its implications for our lives today.<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_are_the_four_beasts_in_daniel_7.htm">What are the four beasts in Daniel 7?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_isaiah_53_7_with_gospels.htm">According to Isaiah 53:7, the servant remains silent when oppressed, yet in the Gospels Jesus speaks during his trials--how do we reconcile this contradiction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_isaiah_49_23_historical_or_metaphorical.htm">Isaiah 49:23 envisions kings bowing to Israel--can this be historically validated or is it purely metaphorical myth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/meaning_of_'repent_and_believe'.htm">What is the 2024 Easter Bible reading plan?</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>(7) <span class= "bld">Is this your joyous city . . .?</span>--Tyre was, as has been said, of later origin than Zidon, but was the oldest of the daughter cities. Josephus (<span class= "ital">Ant. viii.</span> 3. 1) fixes the date of its foundation at 240 years before Solomon.<p><span class= "bld">Her own feet shall carry her.</span>--The English version (tenable grammatically) points to the wanderings of exile. Another rendering, <span class= "ital">her feet are wont to carry her </span><span class= "bld">. . .</span> is also legitimate, and fits in better with the context, which paints the past glory of Tyre in contrast with her coming calamities. So taken, the words point to her numerous colonies, of which Carthage was the chief.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Is this your joyous city</span>? literally, <span class="accented">your joyous one</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> Can this wretched heap of ruins be the rich and joyous Tyre? <span class="cmt_word">Whose antiquity is of ancient days.</span> Though regarded as less ancient than Zidon (Justin, 18:3), Tyro nevertheless claimed a very remote antiquity. Herodotus was told (about <span class="date">B.C. 450</span>) that its temple of Hercules (Melkarth) had been built two thousand three hundred years previously (Herod., 2:44). Q. Curtius makes the city to have been founded by Agenor, the father of Cadmus, who was supposed to have lived three hundred years before the Trojan War ('Vit. Alex.,' 4:4). It must be noted, however, on the other hand, that there is no mention at all of <span class="accented">Tyro</span> in Homer, and none in Scripture until the time of Joshua (<a href="/joshua/19-29.htm">Joshua 19:29</a>), about <span class="date">B.C. 1300</span>. <span class="cmt_word">Her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn</span> (so Lowth, Rosenmüller, Gesenius, Ewald, Kay). Others render the passage, "whose feet were wont to carry her afar off to sojourn." In the one case the coming flight and exile, in the other the past commercial enterprise of the city, is pointed at. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/23-7.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">Is this</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲזֹ֥את</span> <span class="translit">(hă·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">your jubilant city,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַלִּיזָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘al·lî·zāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5947.htm">Strong's 5947: </a> </span><span class="str2">Exultant, jubilant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whose origin</span><br /><span class="heb">קַדְמָתָהּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(qaḏ·mā·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6927.htm">Strong's 6927: </a> </span><span class="str2">Antiquity, former state</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is from antiquity,</span><br /><span class="heb">קֶ֤דֶם</span> <span class="translit">(qe·ḏem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6924.htm">Strong's 6924: </a> </span><span class="str2">The front, of place, time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whose feet</span><br /><span class="heb">רַגְלֶ֔יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(raḡ·le·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have taken her</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹבִל֣וּהָ</span> <span class="translit">(yō·ḇi·lū·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2986.htm">Strong's 2986: </a> </span><span class="str2">To conduct, bear along</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to settle</span><br /><span class="heb">לָגֽוּר׃</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḡūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1481.htm">Strong's 1481: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility</span><br /><br /><span class="word">far away?</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵֽרָח֖וֹק</span> <span class="translit">(mê·rā·ḥō·wq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7350.htm">Strong's 7350: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remote, of place, time, precious</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/23-7.htm">Isaiah 23:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/23-7.htm">Isaiah 23:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/23-7.htm">Isaiah 23:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/23-7.htm">Isaiah 23:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/23-7.htm">Isaiah 23:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/23-7.htm">Isaiah 23:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/23-7.htm">Isaiah 23:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/23-7.htm">Isaiah 23:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/23-7.htm">Isaiah 23:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/23-7.htm">Isaiah 23:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/23-7.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 23:7 Is this your joyous city whose antiquity (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/23-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 23:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 23:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/23-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 23:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 23:8" /></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>