Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
Parallel translations
- WEB The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you have become a terror, and you will be no more.
- KJV The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
- NKJV The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever.’ ” ’ ”
- NASB ‘The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; You have become terrified And you will cease to be forever.’ ” ’ ”
- NLT The merchants among the nations shake their heads at the sight of you, for you have come to a horrible end and will exist no more.’”
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Quick answer
The merchants of the peoples hiss at Tyre, who has become a terror and will be no more. It seals the lament with her utter and final disappearance.
Overview
To 'hiss' is to express shock and scorn at a stunning downfall. Tyre, once admired, becomes an object of dread and is declared to 'be no more.' This closing line affirms the certainty of God's word against her and stands as a lasting warning that pride and self-sufficiency end in ruin, while only God's kingdom endures.
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Cross-references · 12
- Jer 18:16They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
- Jer 19:8I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
- Ezek 26:21I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
- Ps 37:36yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
- Zeph 2:15This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
- Ps 37:10Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
- Jer 49:17“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
- 1 Kgs 9:8And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
- Lam 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
- Jer 50:13Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.
- Ezek 26:2“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’
- Ezek 26:14I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’
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