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.
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Gill's Exposition
The Lord of hosts hath purposed it,.... To destroy Tyre; who is wonderful in counsel, capable of forming a wise scheme, and able to put it in execution; being the Lord of armies in heaven and in…
Barnes' Notes
The Lord of hosts hath purposed it - (see the note at Isa 1:9). It is not by human counsel that it has been done. Whoever is the instrument, yet the overthrow of wicked, proud, and vicious cities and…
Tyre being a sea-port town, this prophecy of its overthrow fitly begins and ends with, Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for all its business, wealth, and honour, depended upon its shipping; if that be…
Cambridge Bible
Jehovah has purposed it in accordance with a fixed principle of His government.
to stain(render to desecrate) the pride of all glory The thought is the same as in ch. Isa 2:12 ff. For this use of the…
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