Isaiah 23:10

"The LORD of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth."

Key Reflection

This verse symbolizes the Lord's plan to humiliate and disgrace powerful nations, highlighting His supremacy over earthly glory and pride. It foreshadows a moment when even the most arrogant nations will be brought low, emphasizing the sovereignty of God in the affairs of nations.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Pass through thy land as a river -This verse has been very variously understood. Vitringa supposes that it means that all that held the city together - its fortifications, walls, etc., would be laid waste, and that as a river flows on without obstruction, so the inhabitants would be scattered far and near. Everything, says he, would be leveled, and the field would not be distinguishable from the city. Grotius thus renders it: ‘Pass to some one of thy colonies; as a river flows from the fountain to the sea, so do you go to the ocean.’ Lowth understands it also as relating to the time of the destruction of Tyre, and to the escape which the inhabitants would then make.

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