Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

The merchants

Bible References

Still

Isaiah 41:1
"Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! Let the nations find renewed strength! Let them approach and then speak; let us come together for debate!
Isaiah 47:5
"Sit silently! Go to a hiding place, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called 'Queen of kingdoms.'
Psalm 46:10
He says, "Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!"
Habakkuk 2:20
But the Lord is in his majestic palace. The whole earth is speechless in his presence!"

The isle

Ezekiel 27:3
Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance of the sea, merchant to the peoples on many coasts, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'O Tyre, you have said, "I am perfectly beautiful."
Ezekiel 28:2
"Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Your heart is proud and you said, "I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas" -- yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike.

The merchants

Ezekiel 27:8
The leaders of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were your captains.

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