Isaiah 23:12

“And he said, thou shalt no more rejoice, &c.] Not meaning that she should never more rejoice, but not for a long time, as Kimchi interprets it; when her calamity should come upon her, her jovial time, her time of mirth, jollity, and revelling, would be over for a time; for, at the end of seventy years, she should take her harp, and sing again, (<232315>Isaiah 23:15,16) for the words seem to be spoken of Tyre, concerning whom the whole prophecy is; though some think Zidon is here meant, which, being near, suffered at the same time with Tyre, or quickly after: O thou oppressed virgin! Tyre is called a “virgin”, because of her beauty, pride, and lasciviousness, and because never before subdued…”

“he--God. rejoice--riotously (Isa 23:7). oppressed--"deflowered"; laying aside the figure "taken by storm"; the Arabs compare a city never taken to an undefiled virgin (compare Nah 3:5, &c.). daughter of Zidon--Tyre: or else, sons of Zidon, that is, the whole land and people of PhÅ“nicia (see on Isa 23:2) [MAURER]. Chittim--Citium in Cyprus (Isa 23:1). there also . . . no rest--Thy colonies, having been harshly treated by thee, will now repay thee in kind (see on Isa 23:10). But VITRINGA refers it to the calamities which befell the Tyrians in their settlements subsequently, namely, Sicily, Corcyra, Carthage, and Spain, all flowing from the original curse of Noah against the posterity of…”

“And he said - God said Isaiah 23:9. Thou shalt no more rejoice - The sense is, that Tyre was soon to be destroyed. It does not mean that it should never afterward exult or rejoice, for the prophet says Isaiah 23:17, that after its destruction it would be restored, and again be filled with exultation and joy. O thou oppressed Virgin - Lowth renders this, ‘O thou deflowered virgin,’ expressing the sense of the word המעשׁקה hame‛ushâqâh. O daughter of Zidon - Isaiah 23:4. “Pass over to Chittim” (see the note at Isaiah 23:1). The idea is, that under the siege the inhabitants of Tyre would seek refuge in her colonies, and the cities that were dependent on her. There also shalt thou have no rest…”

“Virgin - So he calls her, because she had hitherto never borne the yoke of a conquering enemy. Zidon - Tyre may be called the daughter of Zidon, because she was first built and possessed by a colony of the Zidonians. No rest - Thither thine enemies shall pursue thee, and there shall they overtake the. Isaiah 23:13”

“Thou shalt: Isa 23:1, Isa 23:7; Eze 26:13, Eze 26:14; Rev 18:22 thou oppressed: Isa 37:22, Isa 47:1, Isa 47:5; Jer 14:17, Jer 46:11; Lam 1:15 daughter: "The Sidonians," says Justin, "when their city was taken by the king of Ascalon, betook themselves to their ships; and landed and built Tyre;" Sidon was therefore the mother city. Isa 23:2; Gen 10:15-19, Gen 49:13; Jos 11:8 pass: Isa 23:1; Num 24:24; Eze 27:6 there also: Deu 28:64-67; Lam 1:3, Lam 4:15 Isaiah 23:13”