--- title: "Isaiah 23 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge" description: "Read Isaiah 23 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/isaiah/23" --- [ Read](/kjv/isaiah/23)[ Commentary](/study/isaiah/23)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/isaiah/23) Audio 1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. 2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.* 3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, *is* her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. 4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, *even* the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, *nor* bring up virgins. 5 As at the report concerning Egypt, *so* shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. 6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. 7 *Is* this your joyous *city*, whose antiquity *is* of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.* 8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning *city*, whose merchants *are* princes, whose traffickers *are* the honourable of the earth? 9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, *and* to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.* 10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: *there is* no more strength.* 11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant *city*, to destroy the strong holds thereof.*** 12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest. 13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, *till* the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; *and* he brought it to ruin. 14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. 15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.* 16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. 17 ΒΆ And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. 18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.* [Isaiah 22](/study/isaiah/22) [Isaiah 24](/study/isaiah/24) ## Commentary To verse 1 am 3289, bc 715 **burden:** Tyre, whose destruction by Nebuchadnezzar is here foretold, was a city of Phoenicia, on the shore of the Mediterranean, twenty-four miles south of Sidon, and thirty-two north of Accho or Ptolemais, according to the Antonine and Jerusalem Itineraries, about latitude 33 degrees 18 minutes north, longitude 35 degrees 10 minutes east. There were two cities of this name; one on the continent called Pale Tyrus, or Old Tyre, according to Strabo, thirty stadia south of the other, which was situated on an island, not above 700 paces from the main land, says Pliny. Old Tyre was taken by Nebuchadnezzar, after a siege of thirteen years, bc 573, which he so utterly destroyed, that it never afterwards rose higher than a village. But previous to this, the inhabitants had removed their effects to the island which afterwards became so famous by the name of Tyre, though now consisting only of about 800 dwellings. [Jeremiah 25:15](/kjv/jeremiah/25/15), [Jeremiah 25:22](/kjv/jeremiah/25/22), [Jeremiah 47:4](/kjv/jeremiah/47/4), [Ezekiel 26:1](/kjv/ezekiel/26/1) -[Ezekiel 28:25](/kjv/ezekiel/28/25), [Joel 3:4-8](/kjv/joel/3/4-8), [Amos 1:9](/kjv/amos/1/9), [Amos 1:10](/kjv/amos/1/10), [Zechariah 9:2](/kjv/zechariah/9/2), [Zechariah 9:4](/kjv/zechariah/9/4) **Howl:** [Isaiah 15:2](/kjv/isaiah/15/2), [Isaiah 15:8](/kjv/isaiah/15/8), [Revelation 18:17-19](/kjv/revelation/18/17-19) **ye ships:** [Isaiah 2:16](/kjv/isaiah/2/16), [Isaiah 60:9](/kjv/isaiah/60/9), [1 Kings 22:48](/kjv/1-kings/22/48), [2 Chronicles 9:21](/kjv/2-chronicles/9/21), [Psalms 48:7](/kjv/psalms/48/7), [Ezekiel 27:25](/kjv/ezekiel/27/25) **for it is:** [Isaiah 15:1](/kjv/isaiah/15/1), [Jeremiah 25:10](/kjv/jeremiah/25/10), [Jeremiah 25:11](/kjv/jeremiah/25/11), [Revelation 18:22](/kjv/revelation/18/22), [Revelation 18:23](/kjv/revelation/18/23) **the land:** [Isaiah 23:12](/kjv/isaiah/23/12), [Numbers 24:24](/kjv/numbers/24/24), [Jeremiah 2:10](/kjv/jeremiah/2/10), [Ezekiel 27:6](/kjv/ezekiel/27/6), [Daniel 11:30](/kjv/daniel/11/30) **Reciprocal:** [Genesis 10:4](/kjv/genesis/10/4) - Kittim [Joshua 19:29](/kjv/joshua/19/29) - Tyre [1 Kings 10:22](/kjv/1-kings/10/22) - Tharshish [1 Chronicles 1:7](/kjv/1-chronicles/1/7) - Kittim [Psalms 79:6](/kjv/psalms/79/6) - upon [Psalms 87:4](/kjv/psalms/87/4) - Tyre [Isaiah 13:1](/kjv/isaiah/13/1) - burden [Isaiah 13:6](/kjv/isaiah/13/6) - Howl ye [Isaiah 23:6](/kjv/isaiah/23/6) - howl [Isaiah 23:14](/kjv/isaiah/23/14) - *General* [Jeremiah 49:3](/kjv/jeremiah/49/3) - Howl [Ezekiel 26:2](/kjv/ezekiel/26/2) - Tyrus [Ezekiel 26:16](/kjv/ezekiel/26/16) - all the princes [Ezekiel 27:30](/kjv/ezekiel/27/30) - shall cause [Ezekiel 30:2](/kjv/ezekiel/30/2) - Howl [Jonah 1:3](/kjv/jonah/1/3) - Tarshish [Nahum 1:1](/kjv/nahum/1/1) - burden [Matthew 11:22](/kjv/matthew/11/22) - Tyre [Mark 3:8](/kjv/mark/3/8) - Tyre [Mark 7:24](/kjv/mark/7/24) - Tyre [Luke 10:13](/kjv/luke/10/13) - Tyre [Acts 12:20](/kjv/acts/12/20) - Tyre [Revelation 8:9](/kjv/revelation/8/9) - the ships [Revelation 18:11](/kjv/revelation/18/11) - the merchants ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/isaiah/23#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/isaiah/23#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/isaiah/23","name":"Isaiah 23 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/isaiah/23#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Isaiah 23 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 The burden of Tyre. 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