Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Whoever be the instruments in overthrowing haughty sinners, God, who has all hosts at His command, is the First Cause (Isaiah 10:5-7).
stain—rather, "to profane"; as in Exodus 31:14, the Sabbath, and other objects of religious reverence; so here, "the pride of all glory" may refer to the Tyrian temple of Hercules, the oldest in the world, according to ARRIAN (Isaiah 2:16); the prophet of the true God would naturally single out for notice the idol of Tyre [G. V. SMITH]. It may, however, be a general proposition; the destruction of Tyre will exhibit to all how God mars the luster of whatever is haughty (Isaiah 2:11).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 23:9:
Isaiah 23:8
Ezekiel 26:2
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