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Isaiah 23:8

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

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ASV

Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of 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?

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מִ֚יmiwho?H4310 →
יָעַ֣ץya.'Atzdid he planH3289 →
זֹ֔אתZotthisH2063 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
צֹ֖רtzorTyreH6865 →
הַמַּֽעֲטִירָ֑הha.ma.'a.ti.Rahwhich bestows crownsH5849 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
סֹחֲרֶ֙יה֙so.cha.Reihtraders itsH5503 →
שָׂרִ֔יםsa.Rim[were] princesH8269 →
כִּנְעָנֶ֖יהָkin.'a.Nei.hamerchants itsH3667 →
נִכְבַּדֵּי־nikh.ba.dei-[were the] honored [people] ofH3513 →
אָֽרֶץ׃'A.retz[the] earthH776 →

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Revelation 18:23The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”Ezekiel 26:12They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.Revelation 18:8Therefore 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.”Isaiah 10:8“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.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.Isaiah 36:9For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?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.Deuteronomy 29:24–28So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’Jeremiah 50:44–45Behold, 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?”Ezekiel 28:5By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.Isaiah 23:3On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.Zechariah 9:3Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.Ezekiel 26:17Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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