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Isaiah 23

Isa. 23:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He stretched out
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
his hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
over the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
, he shook
ragaz (Hebrew #7264)
to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear)
KJV usage: be afraid, stand in awe, disquiet, fall out, fret, move, provoke, quake, rage, shake, tremble, trouble, be wroth.
Pronounce: raw-gaz'
Origin: a primitive root
the kingdoms
mamlakah (Hebrew #4467)
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
KJV usage: kingdom, king's, reign, royal.
Pronounce: mam-law-kaw'
Origin: from 4427
: the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
hath given a commandment
tsavah (Hebrew #6680)
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV usage: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Pronounce: tsaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
νagainst πthe merchant
Kna`an (Hebrew #3667)
humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
KJV usage: Canaan, merchant, traffick.
Pronounce: ken-ah'-an
Origin: from 3665
city, to destroy
shamad (Hebrew #8045)
to desolate
KJV usage: destory(- uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, X utterly.
Pronounce: shaw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
the ρstrong
ma`owz (Hebrew #4581)
or mahoz {maw-oze'} (also ma,uz {maw-ooz'}; from 5810; a fortified place; figuratively, a defence
KJV usage: force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), (X most) strong (hold).
Pronounce: maw-oze'
Origin: (also mauwz {maw-ooz'})
holds
ma`owz (Hebrew #4581)
or mahoz {maw-oze'} (also ma,uz {maw-ooz'}; from 5810; a fortified place; figuratively, a defence
KJV usage: force, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), (X most) strong (hold).
Pronounce: maw-oze'
Origin: (also mauwz {maw-ooz'})
thereof.
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or, concerning a merchantman.
π
Canaan.
ρ
strengths.

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stretched.
Isa. 2:19• 19And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth. (Isa. 2:19)
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Isa. 14:16‑17• 16They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, they shall consider thee, [saying,] [Is] this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
 17[that] made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; [that] let not loose his prisoners to their home? (Isa. 14:16‑17)
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Ex. 15:8‑10• 8And by the breath of thy nostrils the waters were heaped up;{HR}The streams stood as a mound;{HR}The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.{HR}
 9The enemy said, I will pursue,{HR}I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;{HR}My soul shall be sated upon them;{HR}I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.{HR}
 10Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them;{HR}They sank as lead in the mighty waters.{HR} (Ex. 15:8‑10)
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Psa. 46:6• 6Nations raged, kingdoms were moved:{HR}He uttered his voice; the earth melteth. (Psa. 46:6)
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Ezek. 26:10,15‑19• 10By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.
 15Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
 16then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
 17And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!
 18Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
 19For thus saith the Lord Jehovah; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, the great waters shall cover thee; (Ezek. 26:10,15‑19)
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Ezek. 27:34‑35• 34In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the midst of the waters, thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
 35All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance. (Ezek. 27:34‑35)
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Ezek. 31:16• 16I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. (Ezek. 31:16)
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Hag. 2:7• 7and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Hag. 2:7)
the Lord.
Isa. 10:6• 6I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. (Isa. 10:6)
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Psa. 71:3• 3Be to me a rock of dwelling for continual resort;{HR}Thou hast commanded to save me;{HR}For my rock (crag) and my fortress [art] thou. (Psa. 71:3)
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Jer. 47:7• 7How can it be quiet, seeing Jehovah hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it. (Jer. 47:7)
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Nah. 1:14• 14And Jehovah hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown. Out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make [it] thy grave; for thou art vile. (Nah. 1:14)
against the merchant city.
or, concerning a merchantman.
Isa. 23:3• 3And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the river, [was] her revenue; and she was the market of nations. (Isa. 23:3)
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Hos. 12:7‑8• 7A merchant [Canaan], the balance of deceit in his hand, he loveth to overreach!
 8And Ephraim said, I am simply become rich; I have found me out substances: it is all my labours. They will find no iniquity in me that is sin. (Hos. 12:7‑8)
the merchant city.
Heb. Canaan.
Gen. 9:25• 25And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; and he said, Bondman of bondman be he to his brethren. (Gen. 9:25)
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Gen. 10:15‑19• 15And Canaan begat Zidon the firstborn, and Heth,
 16and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
 17and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
 18and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. And afterward the families of the Canaanites spread themselves abroad.
 19And the border of the Canaanites was from Zidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gazah; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrha and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha. (Gen. 10:15‑19)
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Zech. 14:21• 21Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto Jehovah: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of Jehovah of hosts. (Zech. 14:21)
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Mark 11:17• 17And he taught saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers. (Mark 11:17)
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John 2:16• 16and to the sellers of the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. (John 2:16)
strong holds.
or, strengths.
Zech. 9:3‑4• 3And Tyre hath built herself a stronghold, and hath heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
 4Behold, the Lord will take possession of her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. (Zech. 9:3‑4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he shaketh the kingdoms. Jehovah hath given a commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof,

W. Kelly Translation

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He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shaketh the kingdoms. Jehovah hath given a commandment on Canaana, to destroy the strongholds thereof,

WK Translation Notes

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Or, the merchant city.