Matthew Poole Commentary - Isaiah 23:7

Matthew Poole Commentary - Isaiah 23:7 - 23:7

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Isaiah 23:7 - 23:7

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23:1 - 23:1
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23:3 - 23:3
23:4 - 23:4
23:5 - 23:5
23:6 - 23:6
23:7 - 23:7
23:8 - 23:8
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23:18 - 23:18

Is this your joyous city, that formerly lived in so much pomp, and pleasure, and security? Whose antiquity is of ancient days; being built before Joshua’s time, as is manifest from Jos_19:29. Her own feet shall carry her; whereas before, like a delicate lady, she would not set the sole of her foot to the ground, as the expression is, Deu_28:56, but used to be carried in stately chariots, or magnificent vessels.

To sojourn; to seek for new habitations. For as some of the Tyrians were taken and carried captive into Chaldea, and other places, so others fled by sea into several parts of the world, Carthage, and divers other towns of the Midland Sea, as is recorded by ancient historians.