Isaiah 23:8

Webster's Bible (1833)

Who has purposed this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?

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  • Deut 29:24-28 : 24 even all the nations shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? what means the heat of this great anger? 25 Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, 26 and went and served other gods, and worshiped them, gods that they didn't know, and that he had not given to them: 27 therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against this land, to bring on it all the curse that is written in this book; 28 and Yahweh rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.
  • Isa 10:8 : 8 For he says, Aren't my princes all of them kings?
  • Isa 36:9 : 9 How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
  • Jer 50:44-45 : 44 Behold, [the enemy] shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who can stand before me? 45 Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, [even] the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.
  • Ezek 28:2-6 : 2 Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are man, and not God, though you did set your heart as the heart of God;- 3 behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you; 4 by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten you riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures; 5 by your great wisdom [and] by your traffic have you increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches;- 6 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
  • Ezek 28:12-18 : 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onx, jasper, sapphire{or, lapis lazuli}, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared. 14 You were the anointed cherub who covers: and I set you, [so that] you were on the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you. 16 By the abundance of your traffic they filled the midst of you with violence, and you have sinned: therefore I have cast you as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed you, covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I have cast you to the ground; I have laid you before kings, that they may see you. 18 By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your traffic, you have profaned your sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of you; it has devoured you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you.
  • Rev 18:8 : 8 Therefore in one day her plagues will come: death, mourning, and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire; for the Lord God who has judged her is strong.

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  • Isa 23:9-11
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    9Yahweh of hosts has purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

    10Pass through your land as the Nile, daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint any more.

    11He has stretched out his hand over the sea, he has shaken the kingdoms: Yahweh has given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds of it.

  • Isa 23:5-7
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    5When the report comes to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

    6Pass over to Tarshish; wail, you inhabitants of the coast.

    7Is this your joyous [city], whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn?

  • Ezek 27:32-35
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    32In their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, [saying], Who is there like Tyre, like her who is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?

    33When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many peoples; you did enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.

    34In the time that you were broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, your merchandise and all your company did fall in the midst of you.

    35All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at you, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their face.

  • Isa 23:1-3
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    1The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.

    2Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

    3On great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of nations.

  • Ezek 27:7-9
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    7Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to you for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was your awning.

    8The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, Tyre, were in you, they were your pilots.

    9The old men of Gebal and the wise men of it were in you your repairers of ship seams: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise.

  • Ezek 27:2-4
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    2You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

    3and tell Tyre, you who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many isles, thus says the Lord Yahweh: You, Tyre, have said, 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 built herself a stronghold, And heaped up silver like the dust, And fine gold like the mire of the streets.

  • Ezek 27:12-13
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    12Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for your wares.

    13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for your merchandise.

  • Ezek 27:22-25
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    22The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were your traffickers; they traded for your wares with the chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

    23Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur [and] Chilmad, were your traffickers.

    24These were your traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and embroidered work, and in chests of rich clothing, bound with cords and made of cedar, among your merchandise.

    25The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise: and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the seas.

  • Isa 23:17-18
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    17It shall happen after the end of seventy years, that Yahweh will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall play the prostitute with all the kingdoms of the world on the surface of the earth.

    18Her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to Yahweh: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for those who dwell before Yahweh, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

  • Jer 25:22
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    22and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;

  • Ezek 26:15-17
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    15Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Tyre: shall not the isles shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of you?

    16Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit on the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.

    17They shall take up a lamentation over you, and tell you, How are you destroyed, who were inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, who was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all who lived there!

  • Ezek 28:5
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    5by your great wisdom [and] by your traffic have you increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches;-

  • Joel 3:4-5
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    4"Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon, And all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.

    5Because you have taken my silver and my gold, And have carried my finest treasures into your temples,

  • Isa 23:14-15
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    14Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.

    15It shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it shall be to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute.

  • Ezek 26:2-4
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    2Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken: the gate of the peoples; she is turned to me; I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste:

    3therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.

    4They shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.

  • Zeph 1:11
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    11Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.

  • Rev 18:15
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    15The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, will stand far away for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;

  • Ezek 27:27
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    27Your riches, and your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, and the dealers in your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, with all your company which is in the midst of you, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.

  • Ezek 27:15-16
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    15The men of Dedan were your traffickers; many isles were the market of your hand: they brought you in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.

    16Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks: they traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.

  • Rev 18:11
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    11The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more;

  • Ezek 28:12
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    12Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

  • Job 3:14
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    14With kings and counselors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;

  • Amos 1:10
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    10But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, And it will devour its palaces."

  • Jer 51:13
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    13You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end is come, the measure of your covetousness.