King James Version
Isaiah 2:16 in the King James Version says “And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. pleasant: Heb. pictures of desire” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. pleasant: Heb. pictures of desire”
Isaiah 2:16 · KJV
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. pleasant: Heb. pictures of desire
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
And the idols he shall utterly abolish. he: or, shall utterly pass away
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of Tarshish”
H8659tarshish, a place on the mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a persian and of an i
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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