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Isaiah 23:8

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

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  1. Isaiah 23:6

    Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.

  2. Isaiah 23:7

    Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

  3. 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.

  4. Isaiah 23:10

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

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.