Isaiah 2:16
16 And upon all the ships ['oniyah] of Tarshish, [Tarshiysh]
and upon all pleasant [chemdah] pictures. [sakiyah] KJV-Interlinear
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Against all the ships of Tarshish, And against all the beautiful craft. NASB
Tarshish is referenced
throughout the scriptures. It is often
referred to as in Spain, but it is also used to refer to ships that sail far
and wide which trade in goods of high value.
Tarshish is used in reference
to Africa, south of Abyssinia, Isa. 60:9.
It is referred to as being in the west, Gen. !0:4, Ps. 82:10.
Ezek. 28:13, mentions it
as an important place of trade.
Jer 10:9, says that
silver came from there.
Ezek 28:12, says that
iron, lead, silver, and tin, were imported from it.
2 Chron 9:21, says that
the ships of Tarshish returned every three years, bringing gold and silver,
ivory, apes and peacocks or items that came from India and the east.
Isa 23:1; 60:9, the
phrase, 'ships of Tarshish,' denotes ships that were bound on long voyages.
And when you fit in the
last phrase in this verse, ‘all pleasant pictures.’ Pictures ‘sakiyah,’ is a reference to things
that when viewed are desirable. The pictures
are the images of desire that are in the mind. So this comes to mean all things
of luxury or ornamental, be they property, or accessories of jewelry or
clothing, or the beauty of slaves and so forth.
All things that can be
look upon and desired.
Recall our study in
Revelation, when economies become so bad during the Tribulation, that people
will cry huge tears at the loss of their way of life. Near the end of the Tribulation, production
of goods and services will virtually cease.
And that means especially that the production of luxury items will cease
as well.
While the world will be in
the midst of the worst worldwide famine with disasters and starvation and
deaths and crime and so forth all going on, people will still be wanting their
luxury items more than they will want the problems of the world solved.
But when the day of the
Lord arrives, their attitudes will point out that their spiritual lives and
priorities in life are all non-existent and misguided. They will lose everything.
This is true not only in
that last generation, but it is true even now.
Far too many folks place more importance on the things of life, than
they do their eternal spiritual life.
The things of life will last only for a while and then will be gone.
Your spiritual life is
your only real possession and it will last forever. So it should deserve at least some of your
daily attention, wouldn’t you think?
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