King James Version (KJV)
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?”
Verse in context — Isaiah 23
6
Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
7
[Is] this your joyous [city], whose antiquity [is] of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
8
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning [city], whose merchants [are] princes, whose traffickers [are] the honourable of the earth?
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.
10
Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: [there is] no more strength.
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