Isaiah 23:9

The Lord of hosts thought this thing, that he should draw down the pride of all glory, and that he should bring to shame all the noble men of (the) earth.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 thought this thing on Tyre (or Who thought this word against Tyre), (that was) sometime crowned, whose merchants were princes, (yea), the sellers of (the) merchandise thereof were (the) noble men of [the] earth?

10Thou daughter of the sea, pass [over] thy land as a flood; a girdle is no more to thee. (O daughter of Tarshish, pass over thy land like a river; no more hath thou a girdle, or a market.)

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Cross References

Exodus 8:4and the paddocks shall enter to thee, and to thy people, and to all thy servants. (and the frogs shall jump on thee, and on thy people, and on all thy servants.)

Job 40:11And destroy thou proud men in thy fierce vengeance (or And destroy thou the proud with thy fierce vengeance), and behold thou, and make low each boaster.

Isaiah 2:11The eyes of an high man (shall) be made low, and the highness of men shall be bowed down; forsooth the Lord alone shall be enhanced in that day (or for only the Lord shall be exalted on that day).

Isaiah 2:17And all the highness of men shall be bowed down, and the highness of men shall be made low; and the Lord alone shall be raised [up] in that day (or and the Lord alone shall be raised up on that day),

Isaiah 5:15And a man shall be bowed down, and a man of age shall be made low; and the eyes of high men shall be pressed down.

Isaiah 10:33Lo! the Lordly Governor, the Lord of hosts, shall break a pottle in dread (or shall break the boughs of the trees with frightful lightning), and high men of stature shall be cut down. And proud men shall be made 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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