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Isaiah 23:8

Tyre
Money and wealth

6 Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!

7 Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?

Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?

9 The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.

10 Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
KJV
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
WEB
Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
ASV
Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
DARBY
Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the distributor of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose dealers were the honourable of the earth?
BLB
Who has taken counsel this against Tyre, the crowning one, whose merchants [are] princes; her traders [are] the honorable ones of the earth?
ÅB
Hvem har besluttet dette mot Tyrus, mot henne som delte ut kroner, hun hvis kjøpmenn var fyrster, hvis kremmere var stormenn på jorden?
OTB
Hvem har planlagt dette mot Tyrus, krone-giveren, hvis kjøpmenn var prinser, hvis handelsmenn var æret over hele jorden?
B1930
Hvem har besluttet dette mot Tyrus, mot henne som delte ut kroner, hun hvis kjøbmenn var fyrster, hvis kremmere var stormenn på jorden?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 28:2–6

    “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

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  • Isaiah 10:8

    “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.

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  • Jeremiah 50:44–45

    Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

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  • Deuteronomy 29:24–28

    So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

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  • Isaiah 36:9

    For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

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  • Ezekiel 28:12–18

    “Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

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  • Revelation 18:8

    Therefore her plagues will come in one day— death and grief and famine— and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”

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