Isaiah 23:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

its merchants were kings honoured all over the world. Who planned to destroy Tyre?

Cross References

Isaiah 10:8

The king of Assyria says: My army commanders are kings!

Isaiah 36:9

How could you defeat even our lowest ranking officer, when you have to depend on Egypt for chariots and cavalry?

Ezekiel 26:12

The troops will steal your valuable possessions; they will break down your walls, and crush your expensive houses. Then the stones and wood and all the remains will be dumped into the sea.

Nahum 3:16

More merchants are in your city than there are stars in the sky— but they are like locusts that eat everything, then fly away.

Zechariah 9:3

Tyre has built a fortress and piled up silver and gold, as though they were dust or mud from the streets.

Revelation 18:23

Lamps will no longer shine anywhere in Babylon, and couples will never again say wedding vows there. Her merchants ruled the earth, and by her witchcraft she fooled all nations.

Revelation 18:8

And so, in a single day she will suffer the pain of sorrow, hunger, and death. Fire will destroy her dead body, because her judge is the powerful Lord God.”