Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 23:1

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1. Tyre — Hebrew, Tsur, that is, "Rock." ships of Tarshish —ships of Tyre returning from their voyage to Tarshish, or Tartessus in Spain, with which the Phoelignicians had much commerce ( :- ). "Ships of Tarshish" is a phrase also used of large and distant-voyaging merchant vessels ( Isaiah 2:16 ; 1 Kings 10:22 ; Psalms 48:7 ). no house —namely, left; such was the case as to Old Tyre, after Nebuchadnezzar's siege. no entering —There is no house to enter ( Isaiah 24:10 ) [G. V. SMITH]. Or, Tyre is so laid waste, that there is no possibility of entering the harbor [BARNES]; which is appropriate to the previous "ships." Chittim —Cyprus, of which the cities, including Citium in the south (whence came "Chittim"), were mostly Phoelignician ( Isaiah 24:10- : ). The ships from Tarshish on their way to Tyre learn the tidings ("it is revealed to them") of the downfall of Tyre. At a later period Chittim denoted the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean ( Daniel 11:30 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"

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