Isaiah 23:8

Who planned this for royal Tyre, ¹  whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries ²  of the earth?

De 29:24-28; Isa 10:8; Isa 36:9; Jer 50:44,45; Eze 28:2-6,12-18; Re 18:8

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.

² tn Heb “the honored” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “renowned.”