36The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
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To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26-36)We have seen Tyre flourishing; here we have Tyre falling, and great is the fall of it, so much the greater for its having made such a figure in the world. Note, The most mighty and magnificent kingdoms and states, sooner or later, have their day to come down. They have their period; and, when they are in their zenith, they will begin to decline. But the destruction of Tyre was sudden. Her sun went…
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