Isaia 23:6

6 Passate a Tarsis, urlate, o abitanti della costa!

Isaia 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.

Isaia 23:6 In-Context

4 Sii confusa, o Sidon! Poiché così parla il mare, la fortezza del mare: "Io non sono stata in doglie, e non ho partorito, non ho nutrito dei giovani, non ho allevato delle vergini"
5 Quando la notizia giungerà in Egitto, tutti saranno addolorati a sentir le notizie di Tiro.
6 Passate a Tarsis, urlate, o abitanti della costa!
7 E’ questa la vostra città sempre gaia, la cui origine data dai giorni antichi? I suoi piedi la portavano in terre lontane a soggiornarvi.
8 Chi mai ha decretato questo contro Tiro, la dispensatrice di corone, i cui mercanti erano i principi, i cui negozianti eran dei nobili della terra?
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