Isaiah 23:11
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָטָה
nâṭâh
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
מַמְלָכָה
mamlâkâh
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
סָחַר
çâchar
to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
חָזָק
châzâq
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
מִבְצָר
mibtsâr
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
Key Terms in This Verse
סָחַר çâchar
to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
Study H5503 →מִבְצָר mibtsâr
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
Study H4013 →מַמְלָכָה mamlâkâh
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
Study H4467 →נָטָה nâṭâh
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
Study H5186 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →יָם yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the sou...
Study H3220 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for t...
And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water,...
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the street...
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more t...
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as...
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