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Isaiah 2

Isa. 2:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And upon all the ships
'oniyah (Hebrew #591)
a ship
KJV usage: ship((-men)).
Pronounce: on-ee-yaw'
Origin: feminine of 590
of Tarshish
Tarshiysh (Hebrew #8659)
Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite
KJV usage: Tarshish, Tharshish.
Pronounce: tar-sheesh'
Origin: probably the same as 8658 (as the region of the stone, or the reverse)
, and upon all μpleasant
chemdah (Hebrew #2532)
delight
KJV usage: desire, goodly, pleasant, precious.
Pronounce: khem-daw'
Origin: feminine of 2531
pictures
skiyah (Hebrew #7914)
a conspicuous object
KJV usage: picture.
Pronounce: sek-ee-yaw'
Origin: feminine from the same as 7906
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μ
pictures of desire.

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Picture,
Ships,
Tarshish; Tharshish

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the ships.
Isa. 23:1• 1The 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. (Isa. 23:1)
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1 Kings 10:22• 22For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. (1 Kings 10:22)
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1 Kings 22:48‑49• 48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
 49Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. (1 Kings 22:48‑49)
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Psa. 47:7• 7For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. (Psa. 47:7)
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Rev. 18:17‑19• 17For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
 18And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
 19And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. (Rev. 18:17‑19)
pleasant pictures.
Heb. pictures of desire.
Num. 33:52• 52Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: (Num. 33:52)
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Rev. 18:11• 11And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: (Rev. 18:11)
• It will evidently make a clean sweep of all the things in which fallen man boasts, even things pleasant and artistic. Instead of accepting and even enlarging the products of man’s inventive skill, as an introduction to the millennial age, as some have imagined, it will remove them, as well as the idols and the idolatrous notions that gave them birth. (“Isaiah 2” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant works of artc.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "sights."