The Meaning of Isaiah 23:9 Explained

Isaiah 23:9

KJV: 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.

YLT: Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled it, To pollute the excellency of all beauty, To make light all the honoured of earth.

Darby: Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to profane the pride of all glory, to bring to nought all the honourable of the earth.

ASV: Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Isaiah 23:9 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 23

1  The miserable overthrow of Tyre
15  Her restoration and unfaithfulness

What do the individual words in Isaiah 23:9 mean?

Yahweh of hosts has purposed it to bring to dishonor the pride of all glory to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth
יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת יְעָצָ֑הּ לְחַלֵּל֙ גְּא֣וֹן כָּל־ צְבִ֔י לְהָקֵ֖ל כָּל־ נִכְבַּדֵּי־ אָֽרֶץ

יְהוָ֥ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
צְבָא֖וֹת  of  hosts 
Parse: Noun, common plural
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
יְעָצָ֑הּ  has  purposed  it 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: יׄועֵץ 
Sense: to advise, consult, give counsel, counsel, purpose, devise, plan.
לְחַלֵּל֙  to  bring  to  dishonor 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: חָלַל 
Sense: to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin.
גְּא֣וֹן  the  pride 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: גָּאֹון  
Sense: exaltation, majesty, pride.
כָּל־  of  all 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
צְבִ֔י  glory 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: beauty, glory, honour.
לְהָקֵ֖ל  to  bring  into  contempt 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: קָלַל  
Sense: to be slight, be swift, be trifling, be of little account, be light.
נִכְבַּדֵּי־  the  honorable 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: כָּבֵד  
Sense: to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured.
אָֽרֶץ  of  the  earth 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.