\\INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 23\\

This chapter gives an account both of the desolation and restoration of
Tyre, an ancient city of Phoenicia. Its desolation is described as so
complete, that a house was not left in it, \\#Isa 23:1\\ and by the fewness
and stillness of the inhabitants of it, with which it had been
replenished, it having been a mart of nations, \\#Isa 23:2,3\\ and by the
shame and pain Zidon, a neighbouring city, was put into, on account of it,
\\#Isa 23:4,5\\ and by the removal of its inhabitants to other places,
\\#Isa 23:6,7,12\\ all which is attributed to the counsel, purpose, and
commandment of God, to destroy it; whose view was to stain their pride,
and bring them into contempt, \\#Isa 23:8-11\\ the means and instruments
made use of to this purpose were the Assyrians or Chaldeans, \\#Isa 23:13\\
and its desolation is further aggravated by the loss of its trade; hence
the merchants of other countries are called to mourning, \\#Isa 23:1,14\\
the date and duration of this desolation were seventy years, \\#Isa 23:15\\
after which it should be restored, and its merchandise and commerce with
all the nations of the earth be revived again, \\#Isa 23:15-18\\.