Isaiah 23:8 meaning and explanation

Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?

Isaiah 23:8, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah is pronouncing an oracle against Tyre, the wealthy Phoenician port whose traders were treated like princes and whose wealth crowned kings. The verse asks who planned Tyre's downfall, and the next verse answers plainly: the LORD of Hosts.

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