Isaiah 23:9
The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
10Pass through thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no girdle about thee any more.
Cross References
Exodus 8:4and the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
Job 40:11Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger: and look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 2:17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 5:15And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:
Isaiah 10:33Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the boughs with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall 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 →