Isaiah 23 — Rabbi

Isaiah 23:1

מַשָּׂ֖א

massâʼ

a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire צֹ֑ר

Tsôr

Tsor, a place in Palestine הֵילִ֣ילוּ

yâlal

to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one) אֳנִיּ֣וֹת

ʼŏnîyâh

a ship תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁ

Tarshîysh

Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite כִּֽי

kîy

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed שֻׁדַּ֤ד

shâdad

properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage מִבַּ֨יִת֙

bayith

from — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) מִבּ֔וֹא

bôwʼ

from — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) מֵאֶ֥רֶץ

ʼerets

from — the earth (at large, or partitively a land) כִּתִּ֖ים

Kittîy

a Kittite or Cypriote; hence, an islander in general, i.e. the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine נִגְלָה

gâlâh

to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal לָֽמוֹ

le-

to/for them/their

Isaiah 23:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3

The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Tyre: Wail

Inclusio

The identical opening words (howl, ships of Tarshish, for it is laid waste) bracket the entire oracle, repeated thirteen verses later with o…, O ships of Tarshish, For Tyre is destroyed, without house, without harbor;

Inclusio

The identical opening words (howl, ships of Tarshish, for it is laid waste) bracket the entire oracle, repeated thirteen verses later with o… It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus (Kittim).

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The identical opening cry, repeated here to close the oracle it opened.

Isaiah 23:1 · WEB

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.

Isaiah 23:14 · WEB

Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!

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Today's memory verse · from this session

“The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For Tyre is destroyed, without house, without harbor; It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus (Kittim).”

Isaiah 23:1

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