Isaiah 23:8

Who planned this attack on Tyre? Tyre, who created kingdoms, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were honored around the world!

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In The King James Version

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 really your triumphant city, whose beginnings are from the distant past, who has sent out people to colonize faraway places?

9The Lord Almighty planned it, to humble its pride in all its glory, and to bring down all who receive worldly honor.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:24Everyone everywhere will ask, “Why did the Lord do this to the country? Why did he get so terribly angry?”

Isaiah 36:9How could you defeat even a single officer in charge of the weakest of my master's men when you're trusting in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre this is what the Lord God says: You're so proud of yourself, saying, ‘I'm a god! I sit on my throne like a god in the middle of the sea.’ But you're only a man. You're not a god, even though you think you are one.

Zechariah 9:3The people of Tyre built a fortress, and piled up silver like dust and gold like the dirt of the street.

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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