Isaiah 23:9
Yahweh of hosts, hath purposed it,—To humble the pride of all beauty, To make of little esteem all the honourable of the earth.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
10Pass through thy land as the Nile,—O daughter of Tarshish, there is no restraint any longer!
Cross References
Exodus 8:4both against thee, and against thy people, and against all thy servants, shall come up the frogs.
Job 40:11Pour out thy transports of anger, and look on every one who is high, and lay him low;
Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of mean men, shall be humbled, And, the haughtiness of great men, shall be bowed down,—And Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 2:17And the haughtiness of mean men, shall be humbled,—And the loftiness of great men, shall be laid low,—And Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 5:15And the mean man hath been bowed down And the mighty man hath been humbled,—Yea the looks of the haughty shall be humbled.
Isaiah 10:33Behold! the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, is about to lop off a tree-crown, with a crash,—Then shall, they who are lifted on high, be hewn down, And, the lofty, 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 →