Isaiah 23:7
“Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Is this your joyous city?.... Which the other day looked so gay, brisk, and cheerful, through the number of its…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Is this your joyous city - Is this the city that was just now so full of happiness, of revelry, of business, of gaiety,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 23:1-14
Tyre being a sea-port town, this prophecy of its overthrow fitly begins and ends with, Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The reference is of course to Tyre, the principal subject of the prophecy.
whose antiquity … days Next to Zidon, Tyre…
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