Isaiah 23:2

“Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.”

"Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished." - Isaiah 23:2
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What does Isaiah 23:2 mean?

In Isaiah 23:2 (KJV), the verse reads, "Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished." This verse is part of a prophecy against Tyre, a prosperous and influential Phoenician city. To fully understand the meaning…

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Isaiah 23:2 - "Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished."
Isaiah 3:23 - "The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails."
Isaiah 23:14 - "Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste."
Isaiah 23:6 - "Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle."
Isaiah 40:23 - "That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity."
Isaiah 23:5 - "As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre."
Isaiah 42:23 - "Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?"
Isaiah 28:23 - "¶ Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech."
Isaiah 5:23 - "Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!"
Isaiah 23:10 - "Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength."
Isaiah 23:3 - "And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations."
Isaiah 10:23 - "For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land."
Isaiah 45:23 That to Me every knee shall bow,
Isaiah 22:23 - "And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house."
Isaiah 23:9 - "The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth."
Isaiah 65:23 - "They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them."
"The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails." - Isaiah 3:23
Isaiah 23:8 - "Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?"
Isaiah 2:1 - "The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem."
Isaiah 23:1 - "The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them."
2 Kings 23:23 - "But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem."
Isaiah 23:7 - "Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn."
Isaiah 19:23 - "¶ In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians."
Isaiah 33:23 - "Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey."
Isaiah 7:23 - "And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns."
Isaiah 24:23 - "Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously."
"Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle." - Isaiah 23:6
"Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste." - Isaiah 23:14
Matthew 2:23