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15 lines
874 B
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## Who has planned this against Tyre ##
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Isaiah uses a question to mock Tyre. The word "this" refers to God's plans to destroy Tyre which Isaiah described in 23:1-7. Also, "Tyre" refers to the people who live in Tyre. AT: "Someone has planned to destroy the people of Tyre." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## the giver of crowns ##
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Here "crown" refers to the power a person has as a ruler over people. AT: “who gives people power to rule over others"
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## whose merchants are princes ##
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The merchants are compared to princes to emphasize how much power they had when they went to different lands. AT: "whose merchants are like kings" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## whose traders are the honored ones of the earth ##
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"whose traders the people of the earth give the highest honors" |