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## Who has planned this against Tyre ##

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]])

## the giver of crowns ##

Here "crown" refers to the power a person has as a ruler over people. AT: “who gives people power to rule over others"

## whose merchants are princes ##

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]])

## whose traders are the honored ones of the earth ##

"whose traders the people of the earth give the highest honors"
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`## Who has planned this against Tyre ##`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`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]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`## the giver of crowns ##`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`Here "crown" refers to the power a person has as a ruler over people. AT: “who gives people power to rule over others"`

			`## whose merchants are princes ##`

			`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]])`

			`## whose traders are the honored ones of the earth ##`

			`"whose traders the people of the earth give the highest honors"`