Isaiah 23:11 meaning and explanation

The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.

Isaiah 23:11, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse sits within Isaiah's oracle against Tyre, the great Phoenician trading city whose wealth came from the sea. The prophet names the LORD of Hosts as the one directing history, not merely the Assyrians whose rise looms behind the chapter.

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