Isa 2:16 | NETfull | STEP | for all the large ships, for all the impressive ships.

Isaiah 2:16

16 for all the large ships, ^{▼▼ Heb “the ships of Tarshish.” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.}
for all the impressive ^{▼▼ Heb “desirable”; NAB, NIV “stately”; NRSV “beautiful.”} ships. ^{▼▼ On the meaning of this word, which appears only here in the Hebrew Bible, see H. R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena (SBLDS), 41–42.} ^{▼▼ The ships mentioned in this verse were the best of their class, and therefore an apt metaphor for the proud men being denounced in this speech.}