Isaiah 23:8

By whom was this purposed against Tyre, the crowning town, whose traders are chiefs, whose business men are honoured in the land?

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Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

In Context

7Is this the town which was full of joy, whose start goes back to times long past, whose wanderings took her into far-off countries?

9It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:24Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?

Isaiah 36:9How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

Ezekiel 28:2Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:

Zechariah 9:3And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 23:2-15

The Doom of Tyre. ( b. c. 718.) 1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. 2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. 3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. 4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I… Read the whole commentary →

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