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Isaiah 23:8 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 23 · verse 8
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?Isaiah 23:8 · King James Version
Isaiah 23:8 in context
6Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
8Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
9The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
10Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- traffickersKᵉnaʻanKenaan, a son a HamH3667 →
- honourablekâbadto be heavyH3513 →
- merchantsçâcharto travel roundH5503 →
- crowningʻâṭarto encircleH5849 →
- counselyâʻatsto adviseH3289 →
- princessara head personH8269 →
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Tyre being a sea-port town, this prophecy of its overthrow fitly begins and ends with, Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for all its business, wealth, and honour, depended upon its shipping; if that be ruined, they will be all undone. Observe, I. Tyre flourishing.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-14