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Isaiah 23:8 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Isaiah 23:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Isaiah chapter 23 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 (KJV)
Commentary on Isaiah 23:8
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city? (מִי יָעַץ זֹאת עַל־צֹר הַמַּעֲטִירָה)—The question demands identification of the planner behind Tyre's judgment. The epithet ha-ma'atirah (the crowning/crown-giving) signifies Tyre's role as kingmaker: she established colonies, appointed governors, and crowned merchant princes. Whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth—Phoenician traders held aristocratic status. The Hebrew sarim (princes) and nikbadim (honored ones/nobles) indicate they ranked with political royalty.Yet verse 9 answers the rheto...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Isaiah 23:8
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“tell the prince of Tyre”
“[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”
“and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?”
“take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre”
“mourning”
“Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? what means the heat of this great anger?”
“Aren't all of my princes kings?,For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?, כִּי יֹאמַר הֲלֹא שָׂרַי יַחְדָּו מְלָכִים׃ ,For he saith: Are not my princes all of them kings?”