Isaiah 23:8

The Scriptures 1998

Who has counselled this against Tsor, the crowning city, whose merchants are chiefs, whose traders are the esteemed of the earth?

Cross References

Isaiah 10:8

“For he says, ‘Are not my princes sovereigns?

Isaiah 36:9

“And how do you refuse one officer of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Mitsrayim for chariots and horsemen?

Ezekiel 26:12

‘And they shall plunder your riches, and they shall loot your merchandise. And they shall break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. And they shall put your stones, and your timber, and your dust in the midst of the water.

Nahum 3:16

You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust shall strip off and fly away.

Zechariah 9:3

For Tsor built herself a tower, heaped up silver like the dust, and gold like the mud of the streets.

Revelation 18:23

“And the light of a lamp shall not shine in you any more at all. And the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you any more at all. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, for by your drug sorcery all the nations were led astray.

Revelation 18:8

“Because of this her plagues shall come in one day: death and mourning and scarcity of food. And she shall be burned up with fire, because יהוה  Elohim who judges her is mighty.