The Meaning of Isaiah 2:16 Explained

Isaiah 2:16

KJV: And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

YLT: And for all ships of Tarshish, And for all desirable pictures.

Darby: and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant works of art.

ASV: and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant imagery.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 2:16?

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KJV Reverse Interlinear

And upon all the ships  of Tarshish,  and upon all pleasant  pictures. 

What does Isaiah 2:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Isaiah 2:12-22 - An Exhortation To Humility And Reverence
If men will not repent, they must suffer. If they will not voluntarily put away their idols and sorceries, they will be compelled to do so in the anguish of their disappointment with their helpless deities, Isaiah 2:20. Nothing in that great civilization would be spared. High towers, fenced walls, ships, treasures, armor-all would perish. Their vaunted faith in man would cease. Life would become elemental in its simplicity amid the shelter of the ragged rocks. In sarcastic phrase the prophet depicts a despairing nation choosing for ruler the first man that came along with a decent coat on his back, Isaiah 2:6; but in vain. We can almost hear the sob of the prophet's soul in Isaiah 2:8-9, and recall the tears of a greater than Isaiah, Who wept over this same Jerusalem eight hundred years afterward. Patriotism is one of the purest passions that can burn in the heart of man! "Lives there a man, with soul so dead, that never to himself has said, This is my own, my native land!" [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 2

1  Isaiah prophesies the coming of Christ's kingdom
6  Wickedness is the cause of God's forsaking
10  He exhorts to fear, because of the powerful effects of God's majesty

What do the individual words in Isaiah 2:16 mean?

And Upon all the ships of Tarshish sloops the beautiful
וְעַ֖ל כָּל־ אֳנִיּ֣וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ שְׂכִיּ֥וֹת הַחֶמְדָּֽה

וְעַ֖ל  And  Upon 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
אֳנִיּ֣וֹת  the  ships 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: אֳנִיָּה  
Sense: ship.
תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ  of  Tarshish 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: תַּרְשִׁישׁ 
Sense: son of Javan. 2 a Benjamite, son of Bilhan. 3 one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia. 4 a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee.
שְׂכִיּ֥וֹת  sloops 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: שְׂכִיָּה  
Sense: image, ship, craft.
הַחֶמְדָּֽה  the  beautiful 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶמְדָּה  
Sense: desire, that which is desirable adj.

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