Isaiah 23:9

Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

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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 has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?

10Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.

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Cross References

Exodus 8:4and the frogs shall come up both on you, and on your people, and on all your servants.’”

Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of man will be brought low, 2 the haughtiness of men will be bowed down, 2 and Adonai alone will be exalted in that day. 1

Isaiah 2:17The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, 2 and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; 2 and Adonai alone shall be exalted in that day. 1

Isaiah 5:15So man is brought low, 2 mankind is humbled, 2 and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled; 1

Isaiah 10:33Behold, Adon, Adonai Tzva'ot [Lord, Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought 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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