en_tn/isa/23/08.md

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"