...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...

...excellency, to be naught ; and from naught, to be very naught ; and from very naught, to be stark naught. The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt, or to make light, all the honourable of the earth, Isa. xxiii. 9. The Hebrew word that is here rendered...

...— Isa.x. 12, 13. 15, 16. 33. xiv. 11-15. The Lord of hosts hath purposed it to stain (or pollute) the | pride of all glory ; and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. — Isa. xxi'i. 9. Hear the word of the Lord, you scornful men, &c. because you said we have made a...

...— Isa.x. 12, 13. 15, 16.33. xiv. 11-15. The Lord of hosts hath purposed it to stain (or pollute) the pride of all glory ; and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. — Isa. xxiii. 9.. i . . Hear the word of the Lord, you scornful men, &c. because you said we have...

...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...

...whieh are despised, and things which are not to bring to nought things which are — who hath purposed to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth."— As my comforts depended solely on my frames and feelings, I was often led to question my state: for...

...the crowning city, who* merchants arf 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 EXPOSITION. CHAP. XXII. (\)'Tke burden (or oracle) n/tht faltey of Vision The prophecy which begins...

...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 ;...

...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,...

...•}• 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...