Isaiah 23 · Verse 9

Isaiah 23:9

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.
Isaiah 23:9, King James Version

Isaiah 23:9 in other translations

BSBThe LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
WEBThe LORD of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
ASVJehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
YLTJehovah of Hosts hath counselled it, To pollute the excellency of all beauty, To make light all the honoured of earth.
DARBYJehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to profane the pride of all glory, to bring to nought all the honourable of the earth.
BBEIt was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.
WebsterThe LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

What does Isaiah 23:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. 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. Smith]. It may, however, be a general proposition; the destruction of Tyre will exhibit to all how God mars the luster of whatever is haughty (Is 2:11).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 23:1-14

The overthrow of Tyre. (Is. 23:1-14) It is established again. (Is. 23:15-18) Verses 1-14 Tyre was the mart of the nations. She was noted for mirth and diversions; and this made her loth to consider the warnings God gave by his servants. Her merchants were princes, and lived like princes. Tyre being destroyed and laid waste, the merchants should abandon her. Flee to shift for thine own safety; but those that are…

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Isaiah 23:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635
יְעָצָ֑הּye.'a.Tzahhe planned itH3289
לְחַלֵּל֙le.cha.Lelto profaneH2490
גְּא֣וֹןge.'on[the] pride ofH1347
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
צְבִ֔יtze.VisplendorH6643
לְהָקֵ֖לle.ha.Kelto treat with contemptH7043
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
נִכְבַּדֵּי\־nikh.ba.dei-[the] honored [people] ofH3513
אָֽרֶץ\׃'A.retz[the] earthH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 23:9

  • James 4:6

    But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

  • Isaiah 13:11

    And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

  • Job 40:11-12

    Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

  • Isaiah 2:11

    The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

  • Daniel 4:37

    Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

  • Isaiah 46:10-11

    Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

  • Isaiah 2:17

    And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

  • Isaiah 9:15

    The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

  • Acts 4:28

    For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

  • Isaiah 14:27

    For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

  • Ephesians 1:11

    In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

  • Isaiah 5:13

    Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lord.
10:33; 14:24,27; 46:10,11; Jer 47:6,7; 51:62; Ac 4:28; Eph 1:11
Eph 3:11
to stain. Heb. to pollute.
2:11,17; 5:15,16; 13:11; Job 40:11,12; Da 4:37; Mal 4:1; Jas 4:6
bring.
Job 12:21; Ps 107:40; 1Co 1:26-29

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Context

  • Isaiah 23:8

    Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

  • Isaiah 23:9

    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.

  • Isaiah 23:10

    Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.

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Isaiah 23:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Jehová de los ejércitos lo decretó, para envilecer la soberbia de toda gloria; y para abatir todos los ilustres de la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’ Éternel des armées a pris ce conseil, pour profaner l’orgueil de toute gloire, pour réduire à néant tous les nobles de la terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jehova der Heerscharen hat es beschlossen, um zu entweihen den Stolz jeder Pracht, um verächtlich zu machen alle Vornehmen der Erde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dominus exercituum cogitavit hoc, ut detraheret superbiam omnis gloriæ, et ad ignominiam deduceret universos inclytos terræ.