Isaiah 23:9

“The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, &c.] To destroy Tyre; who is wonderful in counsel, capable of forming a wise scheme, and able to put it in execution; being the Lord of armies in heaven and in earth: and his end in it was, to stain the pride of all glory; Tyre being proud of its riches, the extent of its commerce, and the multitude of its inhabitants, God was resolved, who sets himself against the proud, to abase them; to pollute the glorious things they were proud of; to deal with them as with polluted things; to trample upon them: [and] to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth: or, “to make light all the heavy ones of the earth”f466; all such, who are top heavy with riches…”

“Whoever be the instruments in overthrowing haughty sinners, God, who has all hosts at His command, is the First Cause (Isa 10:5-7). stain--rather, "to profane"; as in Exo 31:14, the Sabbath, and other objects of religious reverence; so here, "the pride of all glory" may refer to the Tyrian temple of Hercules, the oldest in the world, according to ARRIAN (Isa 2:16); the prophet of the true God would naturally single out for notice the idol of Tyre [G. V. SMITH]. It may, however, be a general proposition; the destruction of Tyre will exhibit to all how God mars the luster of whatever is haughty (Isa 2:11).”

“The Lord of hosts hath purposed it - (see the note at Isaiah 1:9). It is not by human counsel that it has been done. Whoever is the instrument, yet the overthrow of wicked, proud, and vicious cities and nations is to be traced to the God who rules in the empires and kingdoms of the earth (see the notes at Isaiah 10:5-7). To stain, the pride of all glory - Margin, ‘Pollute.’ The Hebrew word (חלל chalēl) means properly to bore, or pierce through; to open, make common Leviticus 19:29; then to profane, defile, pollute, as, e. g., the sanctuary Leviticus 19:8; Leviticus 21:9, the Sabbath Exodus 31:14, the name of God Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 19:12. Here it means that the destruction of Tyre…”

“The Lord - This is the Lord's own doing. To stain - God's design is by this example to abase the pride of all the potentates of the earth. Isaiah 23:10”

“Lord: Isa 10:33, Isa 14:24, Isa 14:27, Isa 46:10, Isa 46:11; Jer 47:6, Jer 47:7, Jer 51:62; Act 4:28; Eph 1:11; Eph 3:11 to stain: Heb. to pollute, Isa 2:11, Isa 2:17, Isa 5:15, Isa 5:16, Isa 13:11; Job 40:11, Job 40:12; Dan 4:37; Mal 4:1; Jam 4:6 bring: Job 12:21; Psa 107:40; Co1 1:26-29 Isaiah 23:10”