The Strand Study Bible

ISAIAH 22:6

ISAIAH 23:1

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surely cover thee. P 18 9 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house. P 19 9 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. P 20 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: P 21 9 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. P 22 10 And the 11 KEYOFTHEHOUSEOF DAVID will I lay upon 12 HIS shoulder; so 13 HE 4 shall open, and none shall shut; and HE shall shut, and none shall open. P P 23 11 And I will fasten 14 HIM as a nail in a sure place; 9 and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house. P P 24 11 And they shall hang upon 12 HIM all the glory of 9 his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. P P 25 11 In that day, saith the LORD OF HOSTS , 9 shall the 16 nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it. P P Isaiah 23 The promise to punish Tyre and Zidon (Fulfilled - 582 BC) Date Written - c. 711 BC/AM 3289 1 17 The burden of 18 Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of 19 Chittim it is revealed to them. P The promise of a Kingdom where CHRIST will rule (Fulfilled - Rev 20:4,6)

6 1 And 2 Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and 2 Kir uncovered the shield. P 7 1 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. P 8 1 And he 3 discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. P Jerusalem’s failure to need God 9 Ye have seen also the 4 breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye 5 gathered together the waters of the lower pool. 10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. 11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: 6 but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. 12 1 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to 7 weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sack- cloth: P 13 1 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die. P 14 And it was revealed inmine ears by the LORD of hosts, 1 Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD OF HOSTS . P The promise of Eliakim’s (A type of CHRIST ) replacement of Shebna (A type of Antichrist) 15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, 16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, 8 that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? 17 Behold, 9 the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will

1. Fulfilled - II Ki 18:13-14 & II Chro 32:1 & Isa 36:1 (Assyrian Distress of Judean Cities) 2. Note - Both Elam and Kir were mercenaries, hired by the Assyrians to help them in their conquests. 3. or, “removed the protection” 4. or, “damages” 5. or, “built a conduit” II Chro 32:3-5 & II Ki 20:20 6. Note - The warn- ing here ( but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof ) is aimed at the people of God who wait to need God. THE ADAGE IS TRUE: Those who wait to need God to need God will find themselves without God when they most need God (Amos 8:11-12, Prov 1:22-33 and Ezk 14:12-23). 7. or, “humility” 8. II Sam 18:18 9. Fulfilled! Without a doubt, Eliakim replaced the ambitious Shebna - II Ki 18:18 . 10. Quoted in the NT - Rev 3:7 11. Fulfilled -Rev 20:4,6 (Christ’s Kingdom) 12. Isa 9:6 13. or, “Eliakim” 14. Zech 10:4 15. Zech 6:13 16. or, “Shebna” 17. Fulfilled - 582 BC (Punishment of Tyre and Zidon) 18. Amos 1:9-10 & Ezk 26:1-21 & Zech 9:2-4 19. or, “the Island of Cyprus”

23:1 Of all the Mediterranean coastal Phoenician cities, Tyre was the most flourishing. She was also the most proud (vs 9 and Ezk 28:1-10). Tyre was literally the “queen” of ports when it came to world commerce, and she knew it. Known for her purple dye that she extracted from sea snails, Tyre controlled Mediterranean commerce with enormous influence. And though the Assyrians dominated Tyre for a while during Hezekiah’s day, she would eventually break free of her captors and develop more pride as a city. This, of course, led to her downfall. Proverbs 8:13 says, “ Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall .” Nothing hangs a person quicker than pride (Esther 3:1 & 5:11 & 6:6 & 7:10 and Dan 4:28-33). The key to avoiding pride is to practice humility ( I Ki 21: 19- 29 ). God loves when humanity practices humility… even if it’s only for a moment. According to Proverbs 6:16-17, God hates pride. Pride defined is nothing more than a conceited sense of one’s own superiority. It’s the attitude, “I will do what I think is best for me.” Because of the peril of pride, God urges us not to take ourselves too seriously or to think of ourselves too highly (Rom 12:3), and begs us to learn the importance of practicing humility.