Isaia 23:6

6 Passate in Tarsis, urlate, abitanti dell’isola.

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Apud Hieron. in loc.

Isaia 23:6 In-Context

4 Sii confusa, Sidon; perciocchè il mare, la fortezza del mare, ha detto così: Io non partorisco, nè genero, nè cresco più giovani; non allevo più vergini

5 Quando il grido ne sarà pervenuto agli Egizi, saranno addolorati, secondo ciò che udiranno di Tiro.

6 Passate in Tarsis, urlate, abitanti dell’isola.

7 E questa la vostra città trionfante, la cui antichità è fin dal tempo antico? i suoi piedi la porteranno a dimorar come straniera in lontano paese.

8 Chi ha preso questo consiglio contro a Tiro, la coronata, i cui mercatanti erano principi, e i cui negozianti erano i più onorati della terra?