John Calvin Complete Commentary - Isaiah 23:10 - 23:10

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John Calvin Complete Commentary - Isaiah 23:10 - 23:10


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10.For there is not any longer a girdle. (110) מזח (mēă) is translated by some a girdle, and by others strength. Those who translate it girdle, suppose the meaning to be that Tyre will be so completely plundered, that she will not even have a girdle left; and that the allusion is to the vast wealth laid out in merchandise, for the poorest of the merchants sell girdles. But I think that Isaiah alludes to the situation of the city, which was protected on all sides by ditches, mounds, ramparts, and the sea.



(110) Bogus footnote