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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 23:18

Holiness — This is a prophecy concerning the conversion of the Tyrians to the true religion. Laid up — Either out of covetousness, or for their pride and luxury, as they formerly did; but now they shall freely lay it out upon pious and charitable uses. Shall be — For the support and encouragement of the ministers of holy things, who shall teach the good knowledge of the Lord. Although this does not exclude, but rather imply their liberality in contributing to the necessities of all Christians.

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See also Isaiah 23:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND HER MERCHANDISE - The prophecy here does not mean that this would take place immediately after her rebuilding, but that subsequent to the seventy years of desolation this would occur. SHALL BE HOL...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 23 The Burden of Tyre 1. _Tyre's great disaster (Isaiah 23:1)_ 2. _The complete overthrow (Isaiah 23:6)_ 3. _Tyre's future restoration and degradation (Isaiah 23:15)_ Tyre typifies the commer...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 23. ORACLE ON TYRE. The date and authorship are alike very uncertain. If by Isaiah, the occasion may be the siege of Tyre by Shalmaneser about 727- 722 (p. 59), the historicity of which, howeve...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HOLINESS. hallowed. SUFFICIENTLY. abundantly....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _merchandise_and _hire_are synonymous; the one is the literal, the other the metaphorical designation of the same fact. _holiness to the Lord_ i.e. "dedicated" to Jehovah (in opposition to the letter...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The appendix. Tyre shall be forgotten for seventy years; afterwards she shall resume her commercial activity, but its profits shall be dedicated to Jehovah's people....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _ISAIAH 23:18_. _And her merchandise,_ &c. The meaning of the prophet is extremely clear; namely, that the time would come after the restoration of Tyre, in which the Tyrians, out of reverence to the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    c. SUBMISSION TEXT: Isaiah 23:15-18 15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it shall b...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for d...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    23:18 excellent (b-38) Or 'durable.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The old occupation will be renewed, but purged of its worldliness....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DOOM OF TYRE Tyre was a great mercantile centre of the ancient world, and at the time of the Hebrew monarchy chief state of Phœnicia, the parent of many colonies, and mistress of the Mediterranea...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    • When Solomon was king, Tyre assisted with the construction of the *Temple in *Jerusalem. But this was merely a commercial arrangement (see 1 Kings 5:1-8). • A poor widow who lived in Zarephath had...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 23 All the verses in this chapter refer to both Tyre and Sidon. This is so even if on...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָ֨ה סַחְרָ֜הּ וְ אֶתְנַנָּ֗הּ קֹ֚דֶשׁ ל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XVIII TYRE; OR, THE MERCENARY SPIRIT 702 B.C. Isaiah 23:1 THE task, which was laid upon the religion of Israel while Isaiah was its prophet, was the task, as we have often told ourselves, o...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The burden of Tyre opens with a graphic description of her desolation. Her harbors are closed. Her borders are desolate. The sea, which had been her highway, is abandoned, and Egypt, her ally, is affr...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And her merchandise and her hire shall be (z) holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, for sufficient food and for...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Sanctified to the Lord. This alludes to the conversion of the Gentiles. (Challoner) --- Before, the Tyrian were great enemies to the Jews, 2 Esdras xiii. 16., and 1 Machabees v. 15. Our Saviour wroug...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS READER, how truly blessed is it to see, in the rise and fall of nations, that the Lord is carrying on his own gracious purposes; that all the events of nations, kingdoms, and empires, are...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It is worthy remark, that Tyre's captivity was appointed by the Lord, to be of the same length as Israel's, and under the same government. Was this designed, (I only ask the question, not determine) t...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    18._But her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord. _This was another instance of the divine compassion towards Tyre. Though she had been restored, yet she was not converted to God, bu...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23. In Chapter s 19 and 20 Egypt shall be smitten in that day; but Jehovah will heal it. Egypt, Assyria, and Israel shall together be blessed of Je...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HER MERCHANDISE, AND HER HIRE,.... Or, "but her merchandise", c. not the same as before or, however, not as carried on at the same time, but many ages after, even in the times of the Gospel; for t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for du...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And her merchandise, &c., shall be holiness to the Lord._ The meaning of the prophet is extremely clear, namely, “that the time should come, after the restoration of Tyre, in which the Tyrians, out o...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord, by a disposition of God of which probably many of the Tyrians were not aware; IT SHALL NOT BE TREASURED NOR LAID UP, concealed for her o...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE RESTORATION OF TYREV. 15. AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY, at the time when this prophecy would be fulfilled, THAT TYRE SHALL BE FORGOTTEN SEVENTY YEARS, the length of the Chaldean supremacy...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    DURABLE: _ Heb._ old...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-18 The desolations of Tyre were not to be for ever. The Lord will visit Tyre in mercy. But when set at liberty, she will use her old arts of temptation. The love of worldly wealth is spiritual ido...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HER MERCHANDISE AND HER HIRE SHALL BE HOLINESS TO THE LORD: he speaks not here of what the Tyrians would do immediately after their restitution, but some time after it, even in the days of the Messiah...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 23:18 gain H5504 pay H868 apart H6944 LORD H3068 treasured H686 (H8735) up H2630 (H8735) gain...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    AFTER SEVENTY YEARS TYRE WILL BE RESTORED (ISAIAH 23:15). Analysis. a And it will come about in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king (Isaiah 23:15 a)...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Burden of Tyre. Desolations preceding the final deliverance of Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The proud boasts of worldly nations, who bid defiance to their neighbors, will surely be...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 23:1. _The burden of Tyre._ This was one of the most ancient cities of Phœnicia, situate on a rock, seven hundred paces from the shore, though now joined to the land by the working of the sea....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord_ MERCANTILE LIFE I. We are reminded that THE MARKET IS A DIVINE INSTITUTION. In this chapter it is not commerce that is doomed to destr...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And it shall come to pass, after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre_ THE REVIVAL OF TYRE In the fourth and last strophe, the prophet dwells upon the revival of Tyre in the idea...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The burden of Tyre_ THE PROPHECY AGAINST TYRE: LESSONS The Tarshish of this chapter is Spain. Chittim is the island of Cyprus. The word “merchant” is the same word that is rendered in other places...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 23:1 The fifth oracle concerns the judgment and redemption of Tyre. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 23:15 The PROSTITUTE Tyre will soon be back in business, but will ultimately be redeemed (like other nations, e.g., Isaiah 19:23)....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 23:17 The hardened, unfaithful woman, deeply bound to the corruption of wealth, is made HOLY TO THE LORD and devoted to his people (v....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 23:1 THE BURDEN OF TYRE. We hero reach the last of the "burdens"—the concluding chapter of the series of denunciatory prophecies which commenced with Isaiah 13:1. It is an elegy "in...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 23 he takes up his burden against Tyre. Tyre was, of course, a seaport town. It was the area... The people of Tyre were known as Phoenicians. And so you who are versed in your ancient h...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 2:11; 2 Chronicles 2:7; Acts 21:3; Acts 9:39;...

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