He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
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Gill's Exposition
He stretched out his hand over the sea,.... That is, the Lord of hosts, who had purposed to destroy Tyre, stretched out his hand of power over it, called the sea, as in Isa 23:4 because situated in…
Barnes' Notes
He stretched out his hand - That is, Yahweh (see Isa 23:9). To stretch out the hand is indicative of punishment (see the notes at Isa 5:25; Isa 9:12), and means that God has resolved to inflict…
Tyre being a sea-port town, this prophecy of its overthrow fitly begins and ends with, Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for all its business, wealth, and honour, depended upon its shipping; if that be…
Cambridge Bible
He stretched out his hand, &c. R.V. he hath stretched out … hath shaken. Cf. ch. Isa 5:25; Isa 14:26-27. The kingdomsare specially Phœnicia and its dependencies.
the merchantcity] Read Canaan and see…
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