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Isaiah 23:9

Pride

7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

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.

10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.

11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.

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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
The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
KJV
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.
WEB
The LORD of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
ASV
Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
DARBY
Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to profane the pride of all glory, to bring to nought all the honourable of the earth.
BLB
Yhwh of hosts has purposed it—to dishonor the pride of all glory, to shame all the honorable ones of the earth.
ÅB
Herren, hærskarenes Gud, har besluttet det for å vanhellige all stolt prakt, for å vanære alle jordens store.
OTB
Herren over hærskarene har bestemt det, for å vanære stoltheten av all prakt, for å ydmyke alle som er æret på jorden.
B1930
Herren, hærskarenes Gud, har besluttet det for å vanhellige all stolt prakt, for å vanære alle jordens store.

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Cross references

  • James 4:6

    But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

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  • Isaiah 13:11

    And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

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  • Job 40:11–12

    Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

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  • Isaiah 2:11

    The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

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  • Daniel 4:37

    Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

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  • Isaiah 46:10–11

    Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

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  • Isaiah 2:17

    And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

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  • Isaiah 9:15

    The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

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