Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
Isaiah 23 is a prophetic burden of judgment concerning Tyre, standing among the judgments pronounced against nations and peoples. The verse belongs to the section read with Isaiah 22 to 24, a prophetic vision that regards all nations and all times rather than only the prophet's own nation and time. Its surrounding passage concerns Chittim, the descendants of Javan and their country, which is supposed to be Cyprus.
The verse belongs to the prophecy of Tyre's destruction by the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar. It foretells the earlier overthrow of Old Tyre, distinct from the later destruction by Alexander when Tyre's stones and timber and dust were thrown into the sea to make a bridge to New Tyre. Tyre's fall as presented in the chapter included the escape of many of its citizens, who found no lasting rest in their places of refuge. The chapter's predictions connect with Tyre's restoration after seventy years and with its later destruction and loss of importance.
Isaiah 23 is a prophetic burden of judgment concerning Tyre, standing among the judgments pronounced against nations and peoples. The verse belongs to the section read with Isaiah 22 to 24, a prophetic vision that regards all nations and all times rather than only the prophet's own nation and time. Its surrounding passage concerns Chittim, the descendants of Javan and their country, which is supposed to be Cyprus.
The verse belongs to the prophecy of Tyre's destruction by the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar. It foretells the earlier overthrow of Old Tyre, distinct from the later destruction by Alexander when Tyre's stones and timber and dust were thrown into the sea to make a bridge to New Tyre. Tyre's fall as presented in the chapter included the escape of many of its citizens, who found no lasting rest in their places of refuge. The chapter's predictions connect with Tyre's restoration after seventy years and with its later destruction and loss of importance.