Isaiah 23:11
The Lord has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.
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.
Note against…: or, concerning a merchantman
Note the merchant city: Heb. Canaan
Note strong…: or, strengths
He has stretched out his hand over the sea. He has shaken the kingdoms. The Lord has ordered the destruction of Canaan’s strongholds.
He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- stretched
- Isaiah 2:19; Isaiah 14:16, 17; Exodus 15:8–10; Psalm 46:6; Ezekiel 26:10, 15–19; Ezekiel 27:34, 35; Ezekiel 31:16; Haggai 2:7
- the Lord
- Isaiah 10:6; Psalm 71:3; Jeremiah 47:7; Nahum 1:14
- against the merchant city
- or, concerning a merchantman.
- Isaiah 23:3; Hosea 12:7, 8
- the merchant city
- Heb. Canaan.
- Genesis 9:25; Genesis 10:15–19; Zechariah 14:21; Mark 11:17; John 2:16
- strong holds
- or, strengths.
- Zechariah 9:3, 4