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Isaiah
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The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From the land of Kittim it is revealed to them. See also: Joel 3:4-8Genesis 10:4Amos 1:9-10Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon that pass over the sea have replenished. See also: Isaiah 47:5Psalms 46:10Ezekiel 28:2On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations. See also: Jeremiah 2:181 Chronicles 13:5Revelation 18:11-13Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have not travailed, nor given birth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.” See also: Revelation 18:23Genesis 10:15Ezekiel 26:3-6When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre. See also: Exodus 15:14-16Joshua 2:9-11Ezekiel 26:15-21Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coast! See also: Isaiah 23:12Isaiah 21:15Isaiah 23:10Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her far away to travel? See also: Isaiah 22:2Isaiah 32:13Joshua 19:29Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth? See also: Isaiah 10:8Ezekiel 28:2-6Ezekiel 28:12-18The LORD of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth. See also: Isaiah 13:11James 4:6Job 40:11-12Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more. See also: Psalms 18:32Isaiah 23:14Job 12:21He has stretched out his hand over the sea. He has shaken the kingdoms. The LORD has ordered the destruction of Canaan’s strongholds. See also: Zechariah 9:3-4Exodus 14:21Ezekiel 31:16He said, “You shall rejoice no more, you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Kittim. Even there you will have no rest.” See also: Revelation 18:22Ezekiel 26:13-14Isaiah 47:1Behold, the land of the Chaldeans. This people didn’t exist. The Assyrians founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness. They set up their towers. They overthrew its palaces. They made it a ruin. See also: Habakkuk 1:6Ezekiel 29:18Isaiah 13:19Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste! See also: Isaiah 23:1Ezekiel 27:25-30Isaiah 2:16It will come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. After the end of seventy years it will be to Tyre like in the song of the prostitute. See also: Jeremiah 25:22Jeremiah 29:10Hosea 2:15Take a harp; go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten. Make sweet melody. Sing many songs, that you may be remembered. See also: Proverbs 7:10-12Jeremiah 30:14It will happen after the end of seventy years that the LORD will visit Tyre. She will return to her wages, and will play the prostitute with all the kingdoms of the world on the surface of the earth. See also: Nahum 3:4Ezekiel 27:6-36Revelation 19:2Her merchandise and her wages will be holiness to the LORD. It will not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise will be for those who dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. See also: Psalms 72:10Philippians 4:17-18Deuteronomy 26:12-14
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)13 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Isaiah 23:1
Ver. 1. Tyre was destroyed, in part, by Nabuchodonosor. Cyrus permitted all the captives of this, as well as of other countries, to return. --- Cethim; Cyrus, or rather Macedonia. Merchants come thence no longer.
↑ 1Isaiah 23:2
Ver. 2. Island. Tyre was originally surrounded with water. A communication with the land was made afterwards. Jos. xix. 29. C. Ezec. xxvii. W.
↑ 2Isaiah 23:3
Ver. 3. Nile. Heb. Shichor, or "muddy water," designates that river. Jos. xiii. 3.
--- River. The overflowing of the Nile gave fertility to Egypt, insomuch that Tyre and other nations were supplied by it with corn.
↑ 3Isaiah 23:4
Ver. 4. Strength: people who sail. Sept. "but the strength...replied: I," &c. Sidon will not be concerned for the fall of her rival. She alleges that she has nothing to do with Tyre. That city would not allow that it was a colony of Sidon. v. 12. C.
↑ 4Isaiah 23:6
Ver. 6. Seas. The rich Tyrians did so. S. Jer. --- Sept. "to Carthage." Heb.
Tharsis, is Cilicia. C.
--- Hence Nabuchodonosor did not find a sufficient reward. Ezec. xxix. 18.
↑ 6Isaiah 23:7
Ver. 7. Sojourn. Many fled, others were made captives.
↑ 7Isaiah 23:8
Ver. 8. Earth. The merchants were as rich as kings, or the latter sent their merchandise to Tyre.
Ezec. xxvii. 33.
↑ 8Isaiah 23:10
Ver. 10. Girdle, fortress; or rather, thou art naked, like a slave. C. xx. 4.
↑ 10Isaiah 23:12
Ver. 12. Daughter; colony. C. --- Oppressed. Lit. "calumniated." H.
↑ 12Isaiah 23:13
Ver. 13. It. Hebrew adds, "for fishermen." It was formerly covered with water.
Euseb. præp. ix.
--- Ruin. The fall of Babylon has been denounced. C. xiii.
↑ 13Isaiah 23:15
Ver. 15. King Nabuchodonosor, whose two sons reigned but a short time. The captivity of the people of God began also A. 3398, and ended A. 3468, the first of Cyrus. --- Harlot. She shall be re-established, (C.) and shall invite people to her markets. Sanchez. --- Before Cyrus, she had kings, but they were of small power. The city was become very rich, and well fortified, when Alexander was stopped by it for seven months. See Ezec. xxvi. 14. C. --- Tyre had rejoiced at the misfortunes of the Hebrews, and was punished by the like captivity. W.
↑ 15Isaiah 23:17
Ver. 17. Commit. Sept. "be the emporium for all." Great injustice prevailed formerly among merchants, so that it is represented as a dishonest calling. H.
↑ 17Isaiah 23:18
Ver. 18. Sanctified to the Lord. This alludes to the conversion of the Gentiles.
Ch. --- Before, the Tyrian were great enemies to the Jews. 2 Esd. xiii. 16. and 1
Mac. v. 15. Our Saviour wrought a miracle in favour of one of this country. Mat.
v. 22. Zac. viii. 20. C. --- Continuance.
Lit. "old age." Aquila, "with changes of dress." H.
↑ 18License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses