Isaiah 23:8

23:8 Who planned this for royal Tyre, ¹ 

whose merchants are princes,

whose traders are the dignitaries ²  of the earth?

Isaiah 47:15

47:15 They will disappoint you, ³ 

those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. ⁴ 

Each strays off in his own direction, ⁵ 

leaving no one to rescue you.”

[23:8]  ¹ tn The precise meaning of הַמַּעֲטִירָה (hamma’atirah) is uncertain. The form is a Hiphil participle from עָטַר (’atar), a denominative verb derived from עֲטָרָה (’atarah, “crown, wreath”). The participle may mean “one who wears a crown” or “one who distributes crowns.” In either case, Tyre’s prominence in the international political arena is in view.

[23:8]  ² tn Heb “the honored” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “renowned.”

[47:15]  ³ tn Heb “So they will be to you”; NIV “That is all they can do for you.”

[47:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “that for which you toiled, your traders from your youth.” The omen readers and star gazers are likened to merchants with whom Babylon has had an ongoing economic relationship.

[47:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “each to his own side, they err.”