Isaiah 23:8

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Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were honored in the earth?

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  • Deut 29:24-28 : 24 And they will answer, 'It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. 25 They turned to other gods and worshiped and bowed down to them, gods they did not know and gods the LORD had not given to them.' 26 Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against this land, bringing upon it every curse written in this book. 27 In His anger and great wrath, the LORD uprooted them from their land and cast them into another land, as it is today. 28 The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
  • Isa 10:8 : 8 For he says, 'Are not all my princes kings?
  • Isa 36:9 : 9 How then can you turn away even one of the least of my master’s officials? And you rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
  • Jer 50:44-45 : 44 Behold, like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan to a secure pasture, I will drive them away suddenly from it. I will appoint whoever is chosen for it. For who is like me? Who can summon me? And what shepherd can stand against me? 45 Therefore, hear the counsel of the LORD that He has purposed against Babylon and the plans He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans. Surely, the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; surely, their pasture will be appalled at their fate.
  • Ezek 28:2-6 : 2 Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: Because your heart has grown proud, and you have said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas,” but you are a man and not a god, though you have set your heart as if it were the heart of a god— 3 Indeed, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you. 4 By your wisdom and understanding, you have made wealth for yourself, and you have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries. 5 By your great skill in trading, you have increased your wealth, and your heart has grown proud because of your wealth. 6 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have set your heart as if it were the heart of a god,
  • Ezek 28:12-18 : 12 Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone was your covering: ruby, topaz, and diamond; beryl, onyx, and jasper; sapphire, turquoise, and emerald; and gold. The workmanship of your settings and mountings was prepared for you on the day you were created. 14 You were an anointed guardian cherub, and I placed you on the holy mountain of God. You walked among the stones of fire. 15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created until wickedness was found in you. 16 Through your widespread trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I expelled you, guardian cherub, from among the stones of fire. 17 Your heart became proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings. 18 By your many sins and your dishonest trade, you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I brought fire out from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all those watching.
  • Rev 18:8 : 8 Because of this, her plagues will come in a single day: death, mourning, and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for the mighty Lord God is the one who judges her.

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  • Isa 23:9-11
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    9The LORD of Hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all glory, to humble all who are honored on the earth.

    10Overflow your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer any harbor restraining you.

    11He has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. The LORD has commanded for Canaan to be destroyed, and her strongholds laid waste.

  • Isa 23:5-7
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    5When the news reaches Egypt, they will writhe in anguish at the report about Tyre.

    6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, you inhabitants of the coastland.

    7Is this your jubilant city, whose origins are from days long ago, whose feet carried her to settle far away?

  • Ezek 27:32-35
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    32And they will chant a dirge for you, lamenting, 'Who was ever like Tyre, silenced and destroyed in the midst of the sea?'

    33When your merchandise went out to the seas, you satisfied many peoples. With your abundant wealth and your goods, you enriched the kings of the earth.

    34Now that you are broken in the seas, in the depths of the waters, your goods and all your company have fallen in your midst.

    35All the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you; their kings shudder with horror, their faces troubled.

  • Isa 23:1-3
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    1This is a message concerning Tyre: Wail, you ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed. The news has reached them from the land of Cyprus.

    2Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose messengers cross over the sea.

    3On the great waters came the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, its revenue; it was the marketplace of nations.

  • Ezek 27:7-9
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    7Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your banner; blue and purple fabric from the coastlands of Elishah was your covering.

    8The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were aboard; they served as your sailors.

    9The elders of Gebal and its skilled workers repaired your leaks; all the ships of the sea and their sailors came to deal in your trade.

  • Ezek 27:2-4
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    2Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre,

    3and say to Tyre, situated at the gateways of the sea, a merchant of peoples to many coastlands: 'Thus says the Lord God: Tyre, you have declared, "I am perfect in beauty."'

    4Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.

  • Zech 9:3
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    3Tyre has built herself a stronghold and heaped up silver like dust and gold like the dirt in the streets.

  • Ezek 27:12-13
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    12Tarshish traded with you because of your great wealth of goods, exchanging silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.

    13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you; they exchanged human lives and bronze articles for your merchandise.

  • Ezek 27:22-25
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    22The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you, offering the finest spices, precious stones, and gold in exchange for your wares.

    23Haran, Canneh, and Eden, as well as the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad, traded with you.

    24They sold you luxurious items, embroidered blue and multicolored garments, treasures of fine clothes, bound with strong cords, packed securely for your market.

    25The ships of Tarshish carried your goods as your trading fleet. You were filled with merchandise and became glorious in the heart of the seas.

  • Isa 23:17-18
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    17At the end of seventy years, the LORD will attend to Tyre. She will return to her hire and will prostitute herself to all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.

    18Yet her merchandise and her hire will be consecrated to the LORD; it will not be stored or hoarded, but it will provide for those who live in the presence of the LORD—for abundant food and fine clothing.

  • Jer 25:22
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    22All the kings of Tyre and all the kings of Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea.

  • Ezek 26:15-17
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    15This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: 'Won't the coastlands tremble at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan and slaughter takes place within you?'

    16Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed in trembling, they will sit on the ground, shuddering continually, appalled at you.

    17They will take up a lament over you and say to you: 'How you have perished, you who were inhabited by people of the seas, the renowned city, strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread terror among all who lived there.'

  • Ezek 28:5
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    5By your great skill in trading, you have increased your wealth, and your heart has grown proud because of your wealth.

  • Joel 3:4-5
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    4Now, what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are repaying me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your own heads.

    5For you took my silver and my gold and carried my precious treasures into your temples.

  • Isa 23:14-15
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    14Wail, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is destroyed.

    15On that day, Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the span of a king’s lifetime. At the end of seventy years, Tyre will be like the song of a prostitute.

  • Ezek 26:2-4
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    2Son of man, because Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, 'Aha! The gateway of the peoples is broken; it has turned to me. I will be filled now that she lies in ruins.'

    3Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the sea bringing up its waves.'

    4They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape away her soil and leave her as bare rock.

  • Zeph 1:11
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    11Wail, you residents of the Mortar, for all the merchants are silenced; all who handle silver are cut off.

  • Rev 18:15
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    15The merchants who became rich from her will stand far off, out of fear for her torment, weeping and mourning,

  • Ezek 27:27
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    27Your wealth, merchandise, wares, sailors, pilots, ship-repairers, merchants, and all your warriors, along with the people in your midst, will sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your ruin.

  • Ezek 27:15-16
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    15The men of Dedan were your merchants; many coastlands were your clients; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony wood as your payments.

    16Aram traded with you because of the vast amount of your products; they exchanged turquoise, purple fabric, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.

  • Rev 18:11
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    11The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her, because no one buys their cargo anymore—

  • Ezek 28:12
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    12Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

  • Job 3:14
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    14With kings and counselors of the earth who built ruins for themselves.

  • Amos 1:10
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    10So I will send fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it will consume her palaces.

  • Jer 51:13
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    13You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.