Isaiah 23:9

The Lord hath resolved it, to dishonor the pride of all ornament, to make of light esteem all the honorable of the earth.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

In Context

8Who hath resolved this against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth?

10Pass through thy land as a stream, O daughter of Tharshish: there is no more strength.

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Cross References

Exodus 8:4(7:29) And upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants, shall the frogs come up.

Job 40:11Scatter abroad the ragings of thy wrath, and look on every proud one, and humble him.

Isaiah 2:11The looks of human pride shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bent down: and exalted shall be the Lord alone on that day.

Isaiah 2:17And the pride of man shall be bent down, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled: and exalted shall be the Lord alone on that day.

Isaiah 5:15And bent down shall be the son of earth, and humbled shall be the man, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled;

Isaiah 10:33Behold, the Lord, the Eternal of hosts, will lop off the fruitful bough with terrific might: and those of towering growth shall be hewn down, and the high shall be laid low.

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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