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Her traders were all princes, her merchants were nobles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning <i>city</i>, whose merchants <i>are</i> princes, whose traffickers <i>are</i> the honourable of the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning <i>city,</i> Whose merchants <i>are</i> princes, Whose traders <i>are</i> the honorable of the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Who has counseled this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are the honored ones of the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are the honored ones of the earth? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />its merchants were kings honored all over the world. Who planned to destroy Tyre? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Who planned such a thing against Tyre, the city that produced kings? Its merchants are princes. Its traders are among the honored people of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Who was it that planned to bring all this on Tyre, that imperial city, whose merchant princes were the most honored men on earth? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Who has planned this against Tyre, that bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the most renowned on earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Who has counseled this against Tyre, "" The crowning one, whose traders [are] princes, "" Her merchants—the honored of earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Who hath counselled this against Tyre, The crowning one, whose traders are princes, Her merchants the honoured of earth?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Who will counsel this against Tyre, encircled with a crown, whom her merchants, chiefs; her merchants the honored of the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, that was formerly crowned, whose merchants were princes, and her traders the nobles of the earth? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Who has made this plan against Tyre, which formerly was crowned, whose merchants were leaders, whose traders were illustrious on the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Who has planned such a thing against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, Whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the earth’s honored men? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honorable of the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Who has counseled in this way against the crowned Tsur, whose Merchants are Princes and its Merchants the honorable of the Earth?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Who hath devised this against Tyre, the crowning city, Whose merchants are princes, Whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Who has devised this counsel against Tyre? Is she inferior? or has she no strength? her merchants were the glorious princes of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/23-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=4677" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/23.htm">The Fall of Tyre</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away? <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/3289.htm" title="3289: yā·‘aṣ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To advise, counsel. A primitive root; to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve.">planned</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against</a> <a href="/hebrew/6865.htm" title="6865: ṣōr (N-proper-fs) -- A Phoenician city. Or Tsowr; the same as tsor; a rock; Tsor, a place in Palestine.">Tyre,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5849.htm" title="5849: ham·ma·‘ă·ṭî·rāh (Art:: V-Hifil-Prtcpl-fs) -- To encircle, to crown. A primitive root; to encircle; especially to crown.">the bestower of crowns,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">whose</a> <a href="/hebrew/5503.htm" title="5503: sō·ḥă·reh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3fs) -- To go around or about, travel about. A primitive root; to travel round; intensively, to palpitate.">traders</a> <a href="/hebrew/8269.htm" title="8269: śā·rîm (N-mp) -- Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince. From sarar; a head person.">are princes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3667.htm" title="3667: kin·‘ā·ne·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- From kana'; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him.">whose merchants</a> <a href="/hebrew/3513.htm" title="3513: niḵ·bad·dê- (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- Or kabed; a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. In a bad sense or in a good sense (in the same two senses).">are renowned</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ā·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">on the earth?</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/27-3.htm">Ezekiel 27:3-4</a></span><br />Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’ / Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders perfected your beauty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/28-2.htm">Ezekiel 28:2-8</a></span><br />“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. / Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you! / By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-11.htm">Revelation 18:11-13</a></span><br />And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— / cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; / of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls of slaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/9-3.htm">Zechariah 9:3-4</a></span><br />Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets. / Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/3-16.htm">Nahum 3:16-17</a></span><br />You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away. / Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-22.htm">Jeremiah 25:22</a></span><br />all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/26-17.htm">Ezekiel 26:17-18</a></span><br />Then 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! / Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall; the islands in the sea are dismayed by your demise.”’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-15.htm">Revelation 18:15-17</a></span><br />The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand at a distance, in fear of her torment. They will weep and mourn, / saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! / For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/1-9.htm">Amos 1:9-10</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood. / So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-4.htm">Joel 3:4-8</a></span><br />Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads. / For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples. / You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/27-25.htm">Ezekiel 27:25-27</a></span><br />The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea. / Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea. / Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-9.htm">Revelation 18:9-10</a></span><br />Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. / In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/47-4.htm">Jeremiah 47:4</a></span><br />For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/27-33.htm">Ezekiel 27:33-34</a></span><br />When your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise. / Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Revelation 18:19</a></span><br />Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?</p><p class="hdg">who hath</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/29-24.htm">Deuteronomy 29:24-28</a></b></br> Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what <i>meaneth</i> the heat of this great anger? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/50-44.htm">Jeremiah 50:44,45</a></b></br> Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who <i>is</i> a chosen <i>man, that</i> I may appoint over her? for who <i>is</i> like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who <i>is</i> that shepherd that will stand before me? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/18-8.htm">Revelation 18:8</a></b></br> Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong <i>is</i> the Lord God who judgeth her.</p><p class="hdg">the crowning</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/28-2.htm">Ezekiel 28:2-6,12-18</a></b></br> Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart <i>is</i> lifted up, and thou hast said, I <i>am</i> a God, I sit <i>in</i> the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou <i>art</i> a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: … </p><p class="hdg">merchants</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-8.htm">Isaiah 10:8</a></b></br> For he saith, <i>Are</i> not my princes altogether kings?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/36-9.htm">Isaiah 36:9</a></b></br> How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-16.htm">Business</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-13.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-7.htm">City</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-17.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-12.htm">Counselled</a> <a href="/psalms/103-4.htm">Crowning</a> <a href="/songs/7-5.htm">Crowns</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-26.htm">Devised</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-24.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-16.htm">Giver</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Honorable</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Honored</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Honourable</a> <a href="/isaiah/12-4.htm">Honoured</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-2.htm">Merchants</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-11.htm">Planned</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-5.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-20.htm">Renowned</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-2.htm">Traders</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-14.htm">Traffickers</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-5.htm">Tyre</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/58-3.htm">Business</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-10.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-11.htm">City</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-29.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-9.htm">Counselled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-7.htm">Crowning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-18.htm">Crowns</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-9.htm">Devised</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-9.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-2.htm">Giver</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-9.htm">Honorable</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-9.htm">Honored</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-9.htm">Honourable</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-9.htm">Honoured</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-15.htm">Merchants</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-9.htm">Planned</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-4.htm">Princes</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-9.htm">Renowned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-4.htm">Traders</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-13.htm">Traffickers</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-13.htm">Tyre</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/23-1.htm">The miserable overthrow of Tyre</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/23-15.htm">Her restoration and unfaithfulness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The rhetorical question implies that the events unfolding are not random but orchestrated by a higher power, suggesting divine intervention. Tyre's downfall is a theme in several prophetic books, emphasizing God's sovereignty over nations (Ezekiel 26-28). Historically, Tyre was a significant maritime power, and its strategic location made it a hub of trade and culture. The question points to the inevitability of divine justice, a recurring theme in the prophetic literature.<p><b>the bestower of crowns</b><br>Tyre is described as a "bestower of crowns," highlighting its role in establishing and influencing other kingdoms through trade and political alliances. This phrase underscores Tyre's economic and political power, as it often provided resources and support to other nations, effectively crowning them with prosperity. The imagery of crowns suggests authority and influence, which Tyre wielded extensively in the ancient world. This power, however, is subject to God's ultimate authority, reminding readers of the transient nature of human power.<p><b>whose traders are princes</b><br>The traders of Tyre are likened to princes, indicating their high status and the wealth they accumulated through commerce. In the ancient Near East, merchants from Tyre were renowned for their skills and the luxury goods they traded, such as purple dye, glass, and cedar wood. This phrase reflects the city's economic prowess and the elevated social standing of its merchants. The comparison to princes also suggests a level of autonomy and influence that rivaled that of royalty, yet it serves as a reminder that even the most powerful are not beyond God's reach.<p><b>whose merchants are renowned on the earth</b><br>Tyre's merchants were famous worldwide, emphasizing the city's extensive trade networks and its role as a global economic center. This renown is documented in various historical sources, including Assyrian and Egyptian records, which attest to Tyre's far-reaching influence. The phrase highlights the city's reputation and the widespread impact of its commerce. However, the prophetic message warns that such fame and success are fleeting when they stand in opposition to God's will. The passage serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of pride and reliance on material wealth, echoing themes found throughout Scripture, such as in the parable of the rich fool (<a href="/luke/12-16.htm">Luke 12:16-21</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/tyre.htm">Tyre</a></b><br>An ancient Phoenician city known for its wealth and trade. It was a significant maritime power and a hub of commerce in the ancient world.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/merchants_and_traders.htm">Merchants and Traders</a></b><br>The people of Tyre were renowned for their trading skills and wealth. They were influential, often compared to princes due to their economic power.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who delivered God's message concerning the judgment and fate of Tyre.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>The underlying theme of the passage is the sovereignty of God over nations and their destinies.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The event of God's judgment against Tyre for its pride and reliance on wealth.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>God is in control of all nations, regardless of their power or wealth. Tyre's downfall serves as a reminder that no earthly power is beyond God's reach.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_pride_and_wealth.htm">The Danger of Pride and Wealth</a></b><br>Tyre's merchants were like princes, yet their pride and reliance on wealth led to their downfall. Believers should guard against pride and the false security of riches.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_nature_of_earthly_success.htm">The Temporary Nature of Earthly Success</a></b><br>Tyre's renowned status was temporary. Christians are encouraged to focus on eternal values rather than temporary earthly success.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment_is_just_and_inevitable.htm">God's Judgment is Just and Inevitable</a></b><br>God's judgment on Tyre was a result of its actions. This serves as a warning that God's justice will prevail, and we must live righteously.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_plan.htm">Trust in God's Plan</a></b><br>Even when powerful entities seem invincible, God's plan will ultimately unfold. Believers should trust in God's timing and purpose.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">The crowning city.</span>--The participle is strictly transitive in its force. Tyre was the distributor of crowns to the Ph?nician colonies. The Vulg., however, gives "crowned."<p><span class= "bld">Whose merchants are princes.</span>--It is a fact worth noting in the history of language that the word for "merchants" here, and in <a href="/hosea/12-7.htm" title="He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress.">Hosea 12:7</a>; <a href="/proverbs/31-24.htm" title="She makes fine linen, and sells it; and delivers girdles to the merchant.">Proverbs 31:24</a>, is the same as that for Canaanite. The traffickers of the earth were pre-eminently of that race.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Who hath taken this counsel</span>? Who can have conceived the thought of destroying a city at once so powerful and so conducive to the advantage of other states? The answer is given in the next verse. <span class="cmt_word">The crowning city</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "the dispenser of crowns." Either to the governors of her colonies, or perhaps to the other cities of Phoenicia Proper. It is not quite clear whether the kings of those cities needed the sanction of Tyro to confirm them on their thrones, or not. The Hebrew word used must certainly be rendered "crowning," and not "crowned." <span class="cmt_word">Whose merchants are princes.</span> Not actually sovereigns, but the chief men in the state under the king. <span class="cmt_word">Traffickers</span>; literally, <span class="accented">Canaanites</span>. But the ethnic name seems to have early acquired the secondary meaning of "traders" (see <a href="/proverbs/31-24.htm">Proverbs 31:24</a>; <a href="/job/41-6.htm">Job 41:6</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/23-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Who</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֚י</span> <span class="translit">(mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">planned</span><br /><span class="heb">יָעַ֣ץ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·‘aṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3289.htm">Strong's 3289: </a> </span><span class="str2">To advise, to deliberate, resolve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֔את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">against</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Tyre,</span><br /><span class="heb">צֹ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(ṣōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6865.htm">Strong's 6865: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tyre -- a Phoenician city</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the bestower of crowns,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמַּֽעֲטִירָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ham·ma·‘ă·ṭî·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5849.htm">Strong's 5849: </a> </span><span class="str2">To encircle, to crown</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whose</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">traders</span><br /><span class="heb">סֹחֲרֶ֙יה֙</span> <span class="translit">(sō·ḥă·reh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5503.htm">Strong's 5503: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go around or about, travel about</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are princes,</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂרִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(śā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8269.htm">Strong's 8269: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whose merchants</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּנְעָנֶ֖יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(kin·‘ā·ne·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3669.htm">Strong's 3669: </a> </span><span class="str2">Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are renowned</span><br /><span class="heb">נִכְבַּדֵּי־</span> <span class="translit">(niḵ·bad·dê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3513.htm">Strong's 3513: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the earth?</span><br /><span class="heb">אָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/23-8.htm">Isaiah 23:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/23-8.htm">Isaiah 23:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/23-8.htm">Isaiah 23:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/23-8.htm">Isaiah 23:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/23-8.htm">Isaiah 23:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/23-8.htm">Isaiah 23:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/23-8.htm">Isaiah 23:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/23-8.htm">Isaiah 23:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/23-8.htm">Isaiah 23:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/23-8.htm">Isaiah 23:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/23-8.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 23:8 Who has planned this against Tyre (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/23-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 23:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 23:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/23-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 23:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 23:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>