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Isaiah 23:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth? "

Isaiah 23:8

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6 Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coast!

7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her far away to travel?

8 Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth?

9 The LORD of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

10 Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.

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Job 3:14

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Jeremiah 25:22

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"and all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;"

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Psalms 2:2

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"The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his Anointed, saying,"

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Psalms 45:12

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"The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor."

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Revelation 18:23

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"The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you, for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived."

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Psalms 107:40

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"He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste."

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From This Chapter

Isaiah 23:1

"The 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."

Isaiah 23:2

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

Isaiah 23:3

"On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations."

Isaiah 23:4

"Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, “I have not travailed, nor given birth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.”"

Isaiah 23:5

"When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre."

Isaiah 23:6

"Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coast!"

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