New International Version On the great waters came the grain of the Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre, and she became the marketplace of the nations. New Living Translation sailing over deep waters. They brought you grain from Egypt and harvests from along the Nile. You were the marketplace of the world. English Standard Version And on many waters your revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile; you were the merchant of the nations. Berean Standard Bible On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations. Berean Literal Bible And on great waters is the seed of Sihor; the harvest of the River is her revenue, and she is a marketplace of nations. King James Bible And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. New King James Version And on great waters the grain of Shihor, The harvest of the River, is her revenue; And she is a marketplace for the nations. New American Standard Bible And were on many waters. The grain of the Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue; And she was the market of nations. NASB 1995 And were on many waters. The grain of the Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue; And she was the market of nations. NASB 1977 And were on many waters. The grain of the Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue; And she was the market of nations. Legacy Standard Bible And were on many waters. The grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile was her revenue; And she was the nations’ gain. Amplified Bible And they were on great waters. The grain of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile River, was Tyre’s revenue; And she was the market of nations. Berean Annotated Bible On the great waters came the grain of Shihor (dark); the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations. Christian Standard Bible over deep water. Tyre’s revenue was the grain from Shihor — the harvest of the Nile. She was the merchant among the nations. Holman Christian Standard Bible on many waters. Tyre’s revenue was the grain from Shihor— the harvest of the Nile. She was the merchant among the nations. American Standard Version And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations. Contemporary English Version Your merchants sailed the seas, making you wealthy by trading with nation after nation. They brought back grain that grew along the Nile. English Revised Version And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations. GOD'S WORD® Translation The grain of Shihor is on the Mediterranean. The harvest of the Nile River is brought to Tyre. Tyre became the marketplace for the nations. Good News Translation across the sea to buy and sell the grain that grew in Egypt and to do business with all the nations. International Standard Version and were on mighty waters. Her revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile; and she became the marketplace of nations. NET Bible the deep waters! Grain from the Shihor region, crops grown near the Nile she receives; she is the trade center of the nations. New Heart English Bible On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations. Webster's Bible Translation And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleOn the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations. World English Bible On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the seed of Sihor [is] in many waters, "" Her increase [is] the harvest of the brook, "" And she is a market of nations. Berean Literal Bible And on great waters is the seed of Sihor; the harvest of the River is her revenue, and she is a marketplace of nations. Young's Literal Translation And in many waters is the seed of Sihor, The harvest of the brook is her increase, And she is a mart of nations. Smith's Literal Translation On many waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river her produce; and she shall be the emporium of nations. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe seed of the Nile in many waters, the harvest of the river is her revenue: and she is become the mart of the nations. Catholic Public Domain Version The offspring of the Nile is in the midst of many waters. The harvest of the river is her crop. And she has become the marketplace of the nations. New American Bible over the deep waters, Whose revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, you who were the merchant among the nations. New Revised Standard Version and were on the mighty waters; your revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile; you were the merchant of the nations. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYour commerce is on many waters, O offspring of merchants; the harvest of the river is her revenue, and she is a mart of nations. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Your cargo is in many waters, seed of the Merchant, harvest of the river; its harvest was the merchandise for the nations OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And on great waters the seed of Shihor, The harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; And she was the mart of nations. Brenton Septuagint Translation in great waters, a generation of merchants? as when the harvest is gathered in, so are these traders with the nations. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context The Fall of Tyre…2Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea. 3On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations. 4Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”… Cross References On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; Jeremiah 2:18 Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates? Joshua 13:3 from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites; 1 Chronicles 13:5 So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; Genesis 41:57 And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth. Isaiah 19:5-10 The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty. / The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither. / The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more. … Ezekiel 27:17 Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise. she was the merchant of the nations. Ezekiel 27:33-36 When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise. / Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you. / All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted. … Ezekiel 27:24-25 In your marketplace they traded with you fine garments of blue, embroidered work, and multicolored rugs with cords tightly twisted and knotted. / The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea. Revelation 18:11-17 And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— / cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; / of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls of slaves. … Ezekiel 27:3-4 Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’ / Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty. Ezekiel 27:12 Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares. Ezekiel 27:25 The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea. Jeremiah 25:22 all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea; Jeremiah 47:4 For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor. Joel 3:4-8 Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads. / For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples. / You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland. … Zechariah 9:2-4 and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd. / Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets. / Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire. Treasury of Scripture And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. Sihor 1 Chronicles 13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim. Jeremiah 2:18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? the harvest Isaiah 32:20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass. Deuteronomy 11:10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: she is Isaiah 23:8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? Ezekiel 27:33 When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. Ezekiel 28:4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: Jump to Previous Brook Grain Great Harvest Increase Market Marketplace Mart Merchant Nations Nile Revenue River Seed Shihor Sihor Trade Tyre Waters WealthJump to Next Brook Grain Great Harvest Increase Market Marketplace Mart Merchant Nations Nile Revenue River Seed Shihor Sihor Trade Tyre Waters WealthIsaiah 23 1. The miserable overthrow of Tyre15. Her restoration and unfaithfulness On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; Shihor refers to the Nile region of Egypt, whose fertile fields produced grain in abundance. Egyptian grain traveled by sea through Mediterranean trade routes, supplying distant ports and enriching the merchants who handled it. Jer 2:18 Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt… the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; Tyre profited greatly from Egypt’s harvests. As a major Phoenician port, it received, marketed, and distributed grain throughout the region, drawing wealth from commerce rather than from its own agricultural land. Gen 41:57 And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain… she was the merchant of the nations. Tyre stood at the center of an extensive trading network, linking Egypt, the Mediterranean coastlands, and lands beyond. Its prosperity and influence rested on its ships, merchants, and foreign trade, yet its wealth could not preserve it from the judgment God declared. Ezk 27:33-36 When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations.… Persons / Places / Events 1. TyreAn ancient Phoenician city known for its wealth and trade. It was a significant maritime power and a hub for commerce in the ancient world. 2. Shihor Often identified with the Nile River or a branch of it, representing the source of agricultural abundance and trade goods. 3. Nile The major river in Egypt, symbolizing fertility and economic prosperity due to its annual flooding, which enriched the soil for agriculture. 4. Marketplace of the Nations Refers to Tyre's role as a central trading hub where goods from various regions were exchanged. Teaching Points The Transience of Earthly WealthTyre's wealth and status as a marketplace remind us that material prosperity is temporary. We should focus on storing treasures in heaven rather than on earth. God's Sovereignty Over Nations The rise and fall of Tyre illustrate God's control over nations and economies. We should trust in God's plan and timing, even when worldly powers seem dominant. The Importance of Righteous Stewardship Just as the grain of the Nile was a source of revenue, we are called to be good stewards of the resources God provides, using them for His glory and the benefit of others. The Dangers of Pride and Self-Sufficiency Tyre's downfall serves as a warning against pride and reliance on human achievements. We must remain humble and dependent on God. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Isaiah 23:3?2. How does Isaiah 23:3 highlight Tyre's role in global trade and economy? 3. What lessons can we learn from Tyre's reliance on "great waters" for wealth? 4. How does Isaiah 23:3 connect with God's judgment on prideful nations? 5. How can Christians avoid the pitfalls of materialism seen in Tyre's example? 6. What modern parallels exist to Tyre's dependence on "grain of Shihor"? 7. What is the historical context of Isaiah 23:3 regarding Tyre's trade routes? 8. How does Isaiah 23:3 reflect God's sovereignty over nations and economies? 9. What role did Tyre play in biblical prophecy as seen in Isaiah 23:3? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 23? (3) By great waters the seed of Sihor . . .--Sihor ("the dark river") is as in Jeremiah 2:18, a Hebrew name for the Nile. The corn-trade with Egypt (Ezekiel 27:7, adds the linen-trade) was naturally a chief branch of Tyrian commerce. Practically, indeed, as the Egyptians had no timber to build ships, and, for the most part, hated the sea, their navy consisted of Ph?nicians. Tyre practically reaped the harvest that sprang from the inundation of the Nile. For "mart," read gain. The "great waters" are those of the great sea, i.e., of the Mediterranean.Verse 3. - By great waters; rather, on great waters; i.e. on the waters of the Mediterranean (cf. Psalm 107:23; Ezekiel 27:26). The Egyptian vessels conveyed the corn intended for exportation to the ports at the mouths of the Nile, where it was transhipped aboard Phoenician craft, which carried it on the open sea to the countries needing it. We never hear of the Egyptians disputing the trade of the Mediterranean with the Phoenicians and the Greeks, though they certainly had trading-vessels at times on the waters of the Red Sea. The seed of Sihor; i.e. the corn of the Nile valley. "Si-her," or rather "Shihor," is the only proper name by which the Nile is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures. It means "the dark," "the turbid," and may be compared with the modern "Bahr-el-azrak," used of the Eastern or Abyssinian Nile, and with the term" Nilus" itself, if that signifies "the dark blue stream." It occurs, as the name of the Nile, only in Joshua 13:3; 1 Chronicles 13:5; Jeremiah 2:18; and the present place. Is her revenue; i.e. "produces a portion of her annual income." And she is a man of nations (so Gesenius and Ewald). Delitzsch and Mr. Cheyne translate, "It is the gain of the nations," referring "it' to the corn which the Tyrians exported. Isaiah 23:3 pictures Tyre as the bustling hub of Mediterranean trade. Ships bring Egyptian grain (“the grain of Shihor,” “the harvest of the Nile”) straight to her harbors. Tyre converts that incoming produce into massive profit, earning the title “merchant of the nations.” The verse reminds us that earthly prosperity often rests on fragile foundations; God alone controls the seas, the harvest, and the fortunes of every nation. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew On the greatרַבִּים֙ (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7227: Much, many, great waters וּבְמַ֤יִם (ū·ḇə·ma·yim) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen came the grain זֶ֣רַע (ze·ra‘) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity of Shihor; שִׁחֹ֔ר (ši·ḥōr) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 7883: Nile -- a stream on the border of Egypt the harvest קְצִ֥יר (qə·ṣîr) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb of the Nile יְא֖וֹר (yə·’ō·wr) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 2975: Nile -- a channel, a fosse, canal, shaft, the Nile, the Tigris was the revenue of Tyre; תְּבֽוּאָתָ֑הּ (tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯāh) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 8393: Product, revenue she was וַתְּהִ֖י (wat·tə·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be the merchant סְחַ֥ר (sə·ḥar) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5505: An emporium, profit of the nations. גּוֹיִֽם׃ (gō·w·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts Additonal Resources Isaiah 23:3 Blue Letter BibleIsaiah 23:3 Bible Gateway Isaiah 23:3 Bible.com Isaiah 23:3 NIV |
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