Isaiah 23:8

New International Reader's Version

Tyre was a city that produced kings. Its traders were princes. They were honored all over the earth. So who planned to destroy such a city?

Cross References

Isaiah 10:8

‘Aren’t all my commanders kings?’ he says.

Isaiah 36:9

You are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen. You can’t drive away even the least important officer among my master’s officials.

Ezekiel 26:12

His men will take away from you your wealth and anything else you have. They will pull down your walls. They will completely destroy your fine houses. They will throw the stones and lumber of your broken-down buildings into the sea.

Nahum 3:16

You have more traders than the number of stars in the sky. But like locusts they strip the land. Then they fly away.

Zechariah 9:3

Tyre’s people have built a fort for themselves. They’ve piled up silver like dust. They have as much gold as the dirt in the streets.

Revelation 18:23

The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voices of brides and grooms will never be heard in you again. Your traders were among the world’s most important people. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.

Revelation 18:8

But she will be plagued by death, sadness and hunger. In a single day she will suffer all these plagues. She will be burned up by fire. That’s because the Lord God who judges her is mighty.