Isaiah 23:8

Who hath devised this against Tzor, the crowning city, 1 whose sokharim (merchants) are sarim (princes), 1 whose traders are the nikhbadei Eretz (honored of the Earth). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 your joyous city, 1 whose antiquity is of ancient days? 1 Her own raglayim shall carry her afar off to sojourn. 1

9Hashem Tzva'os hath devised it, 1 to demean the ga'on (pride) of every beauty, 1 and to humble all the nikhbadei Eretz. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:24Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the Brit Hashem Elohei Avotam, which He cut with them when He brought them forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim;

Isaiah 36:9How then wilt thou turn away the face of one officer of the least of the avadim of adoni, and put thy trust on Mitzrayim for chariots and for parashim?

Ezekiel 28:2Ben adam, say unto the Nagid Tzor, Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: 1 Because thine lev is lifted up [in pride], 1 and thou hast said, El ani (I am a g-d), 1 and I sit on a moshav elohim (seat of g-ds), 1 in the midst of the yamim (seas); 1 yet thou art adam, and not El, 1 though thou set thine mind as the lev elohim; 1

Zechariah 9:3And Tzor did build herself a matzor (stronghold), 1 and heaped up kesef like the dust, 1 and fine gold like the mire of the streets. 1

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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