Isaiah 23:9

The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
hosts	צְבָא֖וֹת tze.va.'ot	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common feminine plural absolute
purposed	יְעָצָ֑הּ ye.'a.Tzah	H3289	to advise · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
stain	לְחַלֵּל֙ le.cha.Lel	H2490	properly · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
pride	גְּא֣וֹן ge.'on	H1347	arrogance or majesty · noun, common masculine singular construct
glory	צְבִ֔י tze.Vi	H6643	splendor (as conspicuous) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
contempt	לְהָקֵ֖ל le.ha.Kel	H7043	to be (causatively · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
honourable	נִכְבַּדֵּי nikh.ba.dei-	H3513	to be heavy · verb, niphal active participle, masculine plural construct
earth	אָֽרֶץ 'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Isaiah 13:11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and wil…
James 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Job 40:11-12 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
Isaiah 2:11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Daniel 4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk i…
Job 12:21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
Psalms 107:40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
Isaiah 2:17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 23:1-14

Tyre being a sea-port town, this prophecy of its overthrow fitly begins and ends with, Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for all its business, wealth, and honour, depended upon its shipping; if that be ruined, they will be all undone. Observe, I. Tyre flourishing. This is taken notice of that her fall may appear the more dismal. 1. The merchants of Zidon, who traded at sea, had at first replenished her, Isa 23:2. Zidon was the more ancient city, situated upon the same sea-cost, a few leagues more to the north, and Tyre was at first only a colony of that; but the daughter had outgrown the mother, and become much more considerable. It may be a mortification to great cities to think how they were at…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 23:9

Whoever be the instruments in overthrowing haughty sinners, God, who has all hosts at His command, is the First Cause (Isa 10:5-7). stain--rather, "to profane"; as in Exo 31:14, the Sabbath, and other objects of religious reverence; so here, "the pride of all glory" may refer to the Tyrian temple of Hercules, the oldest in the world, according to ARRIAN (Isa 2:16); the prophet of the true God would naturally single out for notice the idol of Tyre [G. V. SMITH]. It may, however, be a general proposition; the destruction of Tyre will exhibit to all how God mars the luster of whatever is haughty (Isa 2:11).

John Gill on Isaiah 23:9

The Lord of hosts hath purposed it,.... To destroy Tyre; who is wonderful in counsel, capable of forming a wise scheme, and able to put it in execution; being the Lord of armies in heaven and in earth: and his end in it was, to stain the pride of all glory; Tyre being proud of its riches, the extent of its commerce, and the multitude of its inhabitants, God was resolved, who sets himself against the proud, to abase them; to pollute the glorious things they were proud of; to deal with them as with polluted things; to trample upon them: and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth: or, "to make light all the heavy ones of the earth" (d); all such, who are top heavy with riches…

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The Church Fathers

(Verse 9.) The Lord of hosts has thought of this, to take away the pride of all glory: and to bring into contempt all the glorious ones of the earth. For as he had said above: Who hath thought the former Tyre, crowned by the ancients, that such a thing should be done? Now he himself speaks: Not of the fates, as foolish men imagine, are these threads spun: not by the turning of fortune's wheel, but by the judgment of God and his own will, is all this accomplished, who resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble (James 4): and it warns the arrogant of their condition, that they may learn his power through misery, whose mercy they refused to feel through benefits.
— Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah

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Dictionary and topics

Pride · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Tarshish · .Commerce and wealth of — .Commerce and wealth of
Tyre · Inhabitants of: Proud and haughty — Inhabitants of: Proud and haughty

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 23:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 23:1-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 23:9

John Gill on Isaiah 23:9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 23:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 23:1-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 23:9

John Gill on Isaiah 23:9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 23:9

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 23:6-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 23:8

Rashi on Isaiah 23:9