Isaiah 23:9

Yahweh of hosts has planned it to dishonor her pride 1 and all her glory, to shame all her honored ones of the earth. 1

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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, 1 whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honored ones of the earth? 1

10Plow your land, as one plows the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no longer a marketplace in Tyre. + 23:10 Instead of Plow your land , some versions have Pass through your land or Overflow your land . 1

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Cross References

Exodus 8:4The frogs will attack you, your people, and all your servants.”'”

Job 40:11Scatter around the excess of your anger; 1 look at everyone who is proud and bring him down. 1

Isaiah 2:11The lofty gaze of man will be brought low, and the pride of men will be brought down, 1 and Yahweh alone will be exalted on that day. 1

Isaiah 2:17The pride of man will be brought low, and the haughtiness of men will fall; 1 Yahweh alone will be exalted on that day. 1

Isaiah 5:15Man will be forced to bend down, and mankind will be humbled; the eyes of the lofty will be cast down. 1

Isaiah 10:33Behold, the Lord Yahweh of hosts will lop off the boughs with a terrifying crash; 1 the tallest trees will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low. 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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