Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 23:2

2 Be still ye inhabitants of the isle , thou whom the merchants of Zidon , that pass over the sea , have replenished .

Heb. Be silent, as one confounded, and not knowing what to say; or as Mourners use to be, Iob 2. 8, 13. Isa. 47. 5. boast no more of thy Wealth and Power, as thou usedst to do.

Heb. of Tyrus, which now was an Island, Ezek. 27. 3. & 28. 2. till Alexander joined it to the Continent, as Pliny reports. Although the Title of Islands is oft given by the Hebrews to Places bordering upon the Sea.

An eminent City of Palestina, nigh unto Tyre, much concerned with her and for her.

That are a Seafaring People.

With Mariners, Ezek. 27. 8. and Commodities.

Marginal references: Heb. silent.