Isaiah 23:9

Isaiah 23:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord of hosts has purposed it, to defile the pompous pride of all glory, to dishonor all the honored of the earth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord of hosts has purposed it, To bring to dishonor the pride of all glory, To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has done it to destroy your pride and bring low all earth’s nobility.

Context of Isaiah 23:9

7Is this your city of revelry, the old, old city, whose feet have taken her to settle in far-off lands? 8Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are renowned in the earth? The Lord Almighty planned it, to bring down her pride in all her splendor and to humble all who are renowned on the earth. 10Till your land as they do along the Nile, Daughter Tarshish, for you no longer have a harbor. 11The Lord has stretched out his hand over the sea and made its kingdoms tremble. He has given an order concerning Phoenicia that her fortresses be destroyed.

Isaiah 23:9 word by word

יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת יְעָצָ֑הּ לְחַלֵּל֙ גְּא֣וֹן כָּל־צְבִ֔י לְהָקֵ֖ל כָּל־נִכְבַּדֵּי־אָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• hath purposedיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• it, to stainחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
• the prideגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• of all gloryצְבִיtsebîy · beautyH6643
• to bring into contemptקָלַלqâlal · to lightenH7043
• all the honourableכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: honourH3513
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Isaiah 23:9

• Isaiah 10:33See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will lop off the boughs with great power. The lofty trees will be felled, the tall ones will be brought low.
• Isaiah 14:24The Lord Almighty has sworn, “Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will happen.
• Isaiah 46:10I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’
• Jeremiah 47:6“ ‘Alas, sword of the Lord, how long till you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still.’
• Jeremiah 51:62Then say, ‘Lord, you have said you will destroy this place, so that neither people nor animals will live in it; it will be desolate forever.’
• Acts 4:28They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.
• Ephesians 1:11In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
• Ephesians 3:11according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Isaiah 2:11The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled and human pride brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
• Isaiah 5:15So people will be brought low and everyone humbled, the eyes of the arrogant humbled.
• Isaiah 13:11I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
• Job 40:11Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,
• Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
• Malachi 4:1“Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them.
• James 4:6But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”
• Job 12:21He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.

Commentaries on Isaiah 23:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The Lord of hosts hath purposed it - (see the note at Isaiah 1:9). It is not by human counsel that it has been done. Whoever is the instrument, yet the overthrow of wicked, proud, and vicious cities and nations is to be traced to the God who rules in the empires and kingdoms of the earth (see the notes at Isaiah 10:5-7). To stain, the pride of all glory - Margin, Pollute.‘ The Hebrew word (חלל chalēl ) means properly to bore, or pierce through; to open…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-18Tyre was a wealthy seaport northwest of Israel. The connection between Judah and Tyre dates back to the time of David and Solomon (1 Kings 5:8–9). Tyre was near large forests and the Mediterranean Sea. It was a major trade center in the ancient Near East. Its ships were famous, and its colonies gave it great prestige and wealth. The city faced repeated attacks by the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Macedonians, and Alexander the Great conquered it in 332 BC…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Whoever be the instruments in overthrowing haughty sinners, God, who has all hosts at His command, is the First Cause (Is 10:5-7). stain--rather, "to profane"; as in Ex 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 (Is 2:16); the prophet of the true God would naturally single out for notice the idol of Tyre [G. V…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 23:9

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Commentaries on Isaiah 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings