...could hardly be expected in the descendants of the celebrated traders of Tyre, the mart of nations, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth." No, truly. Their indisposition to trade, which is a soft way of expressing their general ignorance...

...could hardly be expected in the descendants of the celebrated traders of Tyre, the mart of nations, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth." No, truly. Their indisposition to trade, which is a soft way of expressing their general ignorance...

...mart of nations." And in another place he adds — " Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth ?" — Isaiah xxiii. 3, 8. Their language was at least a dialect of the Hebrew : it was that of the...

...prophet has given of the greatness and splendour of Tyre. Isaiah calls her, " a mart of nations ; the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth ;" and Ezekiel, who alluding to old Tyre, places her " at the entry of the sea ;"" and in another passage,...

...whose creed he affected to hold in contempt. " Et son peuple opulent semble un peuple de rois."—" The crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth." Isaiah xxiii. 8. The opulence and munificence of the merchants of this city may still be the same;...

...carry her •}• afar off to sojourn. + H«*./n»> 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, Jto stain the jj£*-topal' pride of all glory, and to bring...

...whirlwind of the south drives them forward ; the shriek of the destroyer is in the blast, and Tyrus, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth, must sink like lead in the mighty waters. " Where art thou, O joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient...

...by her hand. Gen. 3ascendeth up. Ham P ISA. xxiii. 8: Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth ? i See on REV. xvii. 1, 2, 5. ' REV. xvii. 6. * JER. li. 49 : As Babylon hath caused the slain of...

...had asserted, entire exaggerations. Isaiah, in foretelling the ruin of Tyre, describes her as 'the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth.' Why, therefore, are objections raised against the riches and magnificence of the Jewish prince, when...

...her own feet shall carry her afar oft" to sojourn. 8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the 11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, (and hath not rinsed his hands in water,) 1 9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and io bring into contempt...