Isaiah 23:1-18
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 23:1 The fifth oracle concerns the judgment and redemption of Tyre. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 23:1 The fifth oracle concerns the judgment and redemption of Tyre. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 23:7 The devastation of the city prompts the deeper question, Who could decree the downfall of so great a human power? THE LORD OF HOSTS. See Isaiah 14:24; and note on 1 Sam. 1:3. God will never make peace with human pride. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 23:11 HE HAS STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND OVER THE SEA in sovereign authority (see Exodus 14:16). Tyre and Sidon were part of what once was CANAAN (see Joshua 5:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 23:13 The prophet directs Tyre’s attention to Babylon in the LAND OF THE CHALDEANS, ruined by the Assyrians. If Babylon is vulnerable, so is Tyre. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 23:15 The PROSTITUTE Tyre will soon be back in business, but will ultimately be redeemed (like other nations, e.g., Isaiah 19:23). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 23:17 The hardened, unfaithful woman, deeply bound to the corruption of wealth, is made HOLY TO THE LORD and devoted to his people (v. Isaiah 23:18). Deuteronomy 23:18 forbids the wages of a prostitute from being consecrated; the reversal here implies redemption. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]