Ésaïe 23:6

6 Passez à Tarsis; gémissez, habitants du rivage!

Ésaïe 23:6 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 23:6

Pass ye over to Tarshish
Either to Tartessus in Spain, or to Tarsus in Cilicia, which lay over against them, and to which they might transport themselves, families, and substance, with greater ease; or "to a province of the sea", as the Targum, any other seaport; the Septuagint says to Carthage, which was a colony of the Tyrians; and hither the Assyrian F21 historians say they did transport themselves; though Kimchi thinks this is spoken, not to the Tyrians, but to the merchants that traded with them, to go elsewhere with their merchandise, since their goods could no more be disposed of in that city as usual.

Howl, ye inhabitants of the isle:
of Tyre, as in ( Isaiah 23:2 ) or of every isle, as Aben Ezra, which traded here, because now their commerce was at an end; so Kimchi.


FOOTNOTES:

F21 Apud Hieron. in loc.

Ésaïe 23:6 In-Context

4 Sois honteuse, ô Sidon! Car la mer, la forteresse de la mer, a parlé ainsi: Je n'ai point été en travail, je n'ai point enfanté, je n'ai point nourri de jeunes gens, ni élevé de jeunes filles
5 Quand la nouvelle parviendra en Égypte, ils trembleront aux nouvelles de Tyr.
6 Passez à Tarsis; gémissez, habitants du rivage!
7 Est-ce là votre joyeuse cité, dont l'origine remonte au jours anciens? Ses pieds la portent au loin pour habiter en étrangère!
8 Qui a résolu ces choses contre Tyr, la distributrice de couronnes, dont les marchands étaient des princes, dont les trafiquants étaient les grands de la terre?
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.