Isa 23:14 | KingComments | STEP | In the colony of Tyre is called “daughter of Tarshish” ( ). The rich past is cut off. Return is impossible. Tyre no longer exists. The motherland is gone. There is no more restraint ( ), no powers that hold them captive and rule over them. They can, just like the Nile, do what they want. They will have to work the land as a source of income, just as the Nile floods the land and makes it fertile. The Septuagint translates the beginning of with “work your land”. It means that instead of being a sailor they should now become a farmer. The sea will no longer be able to serve them as a trade route because the LORD has stretched out His hand over it, that is to say, He has carried out the judgment on it ( ). His command over Tyre, called “Canaan,” which means “commerce”, is that it will be destroyed. For Sidon, just as for Tyre, bathing in opulence and living in luxury and entertainment is over ( ). The LORD calls her “crushed virgin daughter of Sidon”. The city is dishonored, stripped of its beauty and attractiveness. When the Sidonians, possibly as a result of the fugitives from Tyre, visit Cyprus, they will think they have escaped disaster there. But if they think they will find peace there, they will be deceived. The following verse gives the reason for this. The land of the Chaldeans, the Babylonians, was destroyed by the Assyrians at that time. In the same way, Tyre will be destroyed by the Chaldeans ( ), which was destroyed at that time. After this description of the destructions carried out by order of the LORD, the call of is repeated ( ).

‏ Isaiah 23:14

New Residential Area for Tyre

In Isa 23:10 the colony of Tyre is called “daughter of Tarshish” (Isa 23:1 ; 6). The rich past is cut off. Return is impossible. Tyre no longer exists. The motherland is gone. There is no more restraint (Isa 23:1), no powers that hold them captive and rule over them. They can, just like the Nile, do what they want. They will have to work the land as a source of income, just as the Nile floods the land and makes it fertile.

The Septuagint translates the beginning of Isa 23:10 with “work your land”. It means that instead of being a sailor they should now become a farmer. The sea will no longer be able to serve them as a trade route because the LORD has stretched out His hand over it, that is to say, He has carried out the judgment on it (Isa 23:11). His command over Tyre, called “Canaan,” which means “commerce”, is that it will be destroyed.

For Sidon, just as for Tyre, bathing in opulence and living in luxury and entertainment is over (Isa 23:12). The LORD calls her “crushed virgin daughter of Sidon”. The city is dishonored, stripped of its beauty and attractiveness. When the Sidonians, possibly as a result of the fugitives from Tyre, visit Cyprus, they will think they have escaped disaster there. But if they think they will find peace there, they will be deceived. The following verse gives the reason for this. The land of the Chaldeans, the Babylonians, was destroyed by the Assyrians at that time. In the same way, Tyre will be destroyed by the Chaldeans (Isa 23:13), which was destroyed at that time.

After this description of the destructions carried out by order of the LORD, the call of Isa 23:1 is repeated (Isa 23:14).