Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Isaiah 23:8
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Isaiah23:8
8. Who--answered in Is 23:9, "The Lord of hosts."
crowning--crown-giving; that is, the city from which dependent kingdoms had arisen, as Tartessus in Spain, Citium in Cyprus, and Carthage in Africa (Eze 27:33).
traffickers--literally, "Canaanites," who were famed for commerce (compare Ho 12:7, Margin).
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