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Her profits will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothes. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/23.htm">New Living Translation</a> But in the end her profits will be given to the LORD. Her wealth will not be hoarded but will provide good food and fine clothing for the LORD’s priests. <a href="/esv/isaiah/23.htm">English Standard Version</a> Her merchandise and her wages will be holy to the LORD. It will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who dwell before the LORD. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/23.htm">King James Bible</a> 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 durable clothing. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/23.htm">New King James Version</a> Her gain and her pay will be set apart for the LORD; it will not be treasured nor laid up, for her gain will be for those who dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for fine clothing. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Her profit and her prostitute’s wages will be sacred to the LORD; it will not be stored up or hoarded, but her profit will become sufficient food and magnificent attire for those who dwell in the presence of the LORD. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/23.htm">NASB 1995</a> Her gain and her harlot&#8217s wages will be set apart to the LORD; it will not be stored up or hoarded, but her gain will become sufficient food and choice attire for those who dwell in the presence of the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And her gain and her harlot’s wages will be set apart to the LORD; it will not be stored up or hoarded, but her gain will become sufficient food and choice attire for those who dwell in the presence of the LORD. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And her gain and her harlot’s wages will be set apart to Yahweh; it will not be treasured up or hoarded, but her gain will become sufficient food and choice attire for those who inhabit the presence of Yahweh. <a href="/amp/isaiah/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But her commercial gain and her prostitute’s wages will be dedicated to the LORD; it will not be treasured or stored up, but her commercial gain will become sufficient food and stately clothing for those who dwell (minister) in the presence of the LORD. <a href="/csb/isaiah/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> But her profits and wages will be dedicated to the LORD. They will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live in the LORD’s presence, to provide them with ample food and sacred clothing. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But her profits and wages will be dedicated to the LORD. They will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live in the LORD&#8217s presence, to provide them with ample food and sacred clothing. <a href="/asv/isaiah/23.htm">American Standard Version</a> And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. <a href="/cev/isaiah/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> but none of what is earned will be kept in the city. That money will belong to the LORD, and it will be used to buy more than enough food and good clothes for those who worship the LORD. <a href="/erv/isaiah/23.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 durable clothing. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Her profits and her earnings will be turned over to the LORD for his holy purpose. It won't be stored or hoarded. Her merchandise will belong to those who live in the presence of the LORD so that they will have plenty of food and expensive clothing. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/23.htm">Good News Translation</a> The money she earns by commerce will be dedicated to the LORD. She will not store it away, but those who worship the LORD will use her money to buy the food and the clothing they need. <a href="/isv/isaiah/23.htm">International Standard Version</a> Nevertheless, her profits and her earnings will be dedicated to the LORD; they will not be stored up or hoarded—but her profits will go to those who live in the LORD's presence, for abundant food and choice clothing. <a href="/msb/isaiah/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing. <a href="/net/isaiah/23.htm">NET Bible</a> Her profits and earnings will be set apart for the LORD. They will not be stored up or accumulated, for her profits will be given to those who live in the LORD's presence and will be used to purchase large quantities of food and beautiful clothes. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Her merchandise and her wages will be holiness to the LORD. It will not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise will be for those who dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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, for sufficient food, and for durable clothing. <a href="/web/isaiah/23.htm">World English Bible</a> Her merchandise and her wages will be holiness to Yahweh. It will not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise will be for those who dwell before Yahweh, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And her merchandise and her wage have been holy to YHWH, "" Not treasured up nor stored, "" For her merchandise is to those sitting before YHWH, "" To eat to satiety, and for a lasting covering! <a href="/ylt/isaiah/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And her merchandise and her gift have been holy to Jehovah, Not treasured up nor stored, For to those sitting before Jehovah is her merchandise, To eat to satiety, and for a lasting covering! <a href="/slt/isaiah/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And her traffic and her gift holy to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured up, and it shall not be laid up; for to those dwelling before Jehovah her traffic shall be for eating to be satisfied, and for a splendid covering.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And her merchandise and her hire shall be sanctified to the Lord: they shall not be kept in store, nor laid up: for her merchandise shall be for them that shall dwell before the Lord, that they may eat unto fulness, and be clothed for a continuance. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And her businesses and her profits will be sanctified to the Lord. They will not be locked away and they will not be stored. For her business will be for those who will live in the presence of the Lord, so that they may eat until satisfied, and may be well-clothed even into old age. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/23.htm">New American Bible</a> But her merchandise and her hire shall be sacred to the LORD. It shall not be stored up or laid away; instead, her merchandise shall belong to those who dwell before the LORD, to eat their fill and clothe themselves in choice attire. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Her merchandise and her wages will be dedicated to the LORD; her profits will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who live in the presence of the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And her merchandise and her hire shall be sanctified 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 abundantly, and replace their old garments with new ones. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And its merchandise and its hire money shall be holy to LORD JEHOVAH. It will not be laid in the house of treasure, and it shall not be kept unless her merchandise will be for those who dwell before LORD JEHOVAH, to eat and to satisfy and to cover his Elders <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And her gain and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD; it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her gain shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat their fill, and for stately clothing. <a href="/sep/isaiah/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And her trade and her gain shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be gathered for them, but for those that dwell before the Lord, even all her trade, to eat and drink and be filled, and for a covenant and a memorial before the Lord. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/23-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=4789" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/23.htm">The Fall of Tyre</a> …17And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. 18<a href="/hebrew/5504.htm" title="5504: saḥ·rāh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Commerce, gain. From cachar; profit.">Yet her profits</a> <a href="/hebrew/868.htm" title="868: wə·’eṯ·nan·nāh (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- The wages (of a harlot). The same as 'ethnah; a gift.">and wages</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qō·ḏeš (N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">set apart</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">they will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/686.htm" title="686: yê·’ā·ṣêr (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To lay up, store up. A primitive root; to store up.">be stored</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2630.htm" title="2630: yê·ḥā·sên (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be treasured up or hoarded. A primitive root; properly, to compact; by implication, to hoard.">or saved,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">her</a> <a href="/hebrew/5504.htm" title="5504: saḥ·rāh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Commerce, gain. From cachar; profit.">profit</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: lay·yō·šə·ḇîm (Prep-l, Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">will go to those who live</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7654.htm" title="7654: lə·śā·ḇə·‘āh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Satiety. Feminine of soba'; satiety.">for abundant</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: le·’ĕ·ḵōl (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">food</a> <a href="/hebrew/6266.htm" title="6266: ‘ā·ṯîq (Adj-ms) -- Eminent, surpassing, choice. From athaq; properly, antique, i.e. Venerable or splendid.">and fine</a> <a href="/hebrew/4374.htm" title="4374: wə·lim·ḵas·seh (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-ms) -- A covering. From kacah; a covering, i.e. Garment; specifically, a coverlet, an awning; also the omentum.">clothing.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Ezekiel 26:12</a> They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water. <a href="/zechariah/14-14.htm">Zechariah 14:14</a> Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected—gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance. <a href="/micah/4-13.htm">Micah 4:13</a> Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth. <a href="/revelation/18-11.htm">Revelation 18:11-17</a> And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— / cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; / of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls of slaves. ... <a href="/psalms/45-12.htm">Psalm 45:12</a> The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor. <a href="/proverbs/13-22.htm">Proverbs 13:22</a> A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous. <a href="/haggai/2-7.htm">Haggai 2:7-8</a> I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts. / The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a> Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. <a href="/luke/12-33.htm">Luke 12:33-34</a> Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. <a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm">1 Timothy 6:17-19</a> Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. / Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share, / treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. <a href="/revelation/21-24.htm">Revelation 21:24-26</a> By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory. / Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there. / And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations. <a href="/isaiah/60-5.htm">Isaiah 60:5-9</a> Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you. / Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD. / All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house. ... <a href="/isaiah/60-11.htm">Isaiah 60:11</a> Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession. <a href="/isaiah/61-6.htm">Isaiah 61:6</a> But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches. <a href="/isaiah/66-12.htm">Isaiah 66:12</a> For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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 durable clothing.her merchandise<a href="/isaiah/60-6.htm">Isaiah 60:6,7</a> The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD… <a href="/2_chronicles/2-7.htm">2 Chronicles 2:7-9,11-16</a> Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide… <a href="/psalms/45-12.htm">Psalm 45:12</a> And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.it shall<a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a> Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: … <a href="/luke/12-18.htm">Luke 12:18-20,33</a> And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods… <a href="/luke/16-9.htm">Luke 16:9-13</a> And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations… for them<a href="/deuteronomy/12-18.htm">Deuteronomy 12:18,19</a> But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto… <a href="/deuteronomy/26-12.htm">Deuteronomy 26:12-14</a> When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; … <a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Proverbs 3:9,10</a> Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: … durable.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm">Abundant</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-31.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-7.htm">Choice</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-1.htm">Dedicated</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-18.htm">Durable</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-13.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-16.htm">Earnings</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-13.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-21.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-13.htm">Food</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-8.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-14.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-17.htm">Harlot's</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-17.htm">Hire</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-13.htm">Hoarded</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-10.htm">Holiness</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-7.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-3.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-14.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-18.htm">Merchandise</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-10.htm">Needs</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-10.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-9.htm">Profits</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-16.htm">Stately</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-9.htm">Stored</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-16.htm">Sufficient</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-3.htm">Sufficiently</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-1.htm">Supply</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-3.htm">Trade</a> <a href="/psalms/135-4.htm">Treasured</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-17.htm">Wages</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/33-23.htm">Abundant</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-19.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-6.htm">Choice</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-11.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-11.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-19.htm">Dedicated</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-18.htm">Durable</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-6.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/micah/1-7.htm">Earnings</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-24.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-6.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-6.htm">Food</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-24.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-2.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Harlot's</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-10.htm">Hire</a> <a href="/james/5-3.htm">Hoarded</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-23.htm">Holiness</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-13.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-3.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-14.htm">Merchandise</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-23.htm">Needs</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-23.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-5.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-13.htm">Profits</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-21.htm">Stately</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-6.htm">Stored</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-16.htm">Sufficient</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-3.htm">Sufficiently</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-16.htm">Supply</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-18.htm">Trade</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-6.htm">Treasured</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm">Wages</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 23</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/23-1.htm">The miserable overthrow of Tyre</a> 15. <a href="/isaiah/23-15.htm">Her restoration and unfaithfulness</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the Hebrew text, the word for "profits" is "sachar," which denotes trade or merchandise. Historically, Tyre was a bustling hub of commerce, strategically located on the Mediterranean coast, facilitating trade between various nations. This wealth, however, is not to be hoarded or used for selfish gain, as the subsequent context reveals a divine purpose for these resources.will be set apart The phrase "will be set apart" indicates a consecration or dedication to a specific purpose. In Hebrew, the term "kodesh" is often used to denote something that is holy or sanctified. This suggests that the wealth of Tyre, though amassed through secular trade, is ultimately intended for a sacred purpose. The idea of setting apart implies a transformation from common use to divine use, reflecting God's sovereignty over all resources and His ability to redirect them according to His will.for the LORD "For the LORD" signifies that the ultimate purpose of Tyre's wealth is to serve God. This reflects a recurring biblical theme where God uses the resources of nations to fulfill His divine plans. The LORD, or "Yahweh" in Hebrew, is the covenant name of God, emphasizing His personal relationship with His people and His authority over all creation. This dedication of wealth to the LORD underscores the belief that all things belong to God and should be used to honor Him.They will not be stored or hoarded The phrase "They will not be stored or hoarded" suggests a departure from the typical human inclination to accumulate wealth for personal security or gain. In the biblical context, hoarding is often associated with greed and a lack of trust in God's provision. This directive implies that the wealth of Tyre is not meant to be kept for selfish purposes but is to be actively used in a manner that aligns with God's intentions.for her profits will go to those who live before the LORD This part of the verse indicates that the wealth will be distributed to "those who live before the LORD," which can be understood as those who are righteous or who serve God faithfully. The Hebrew concept of living "before the LORD" implies a life of integrity and devotion. This redistribution of wealth serves as a reminder that God provides for His people and that the resources of the world are ultimately meant to support His work and His followers.for abundant food and fine clothes The phrase "for abundant food and fine clothes" highlights the practical application of Tyre's wealth. It suggests that the resources will be used to meet the needs of God's people, providing sustenance and dignity. In the ancient world, food and clothing were basic necessities, and their abundance signifies God's provision and blessing. This reflects the biblical principle that God cares for the material needs of His people and uses various means to supply them.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) Her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord.--The words seem to reverse the rule of <a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm" title="You shall not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow: for even both these are abomination to the LORD your God.">Deuteronomy 23:18</a>, which, probably not without a reference to practices like those connected with the worship of Mylitta (Herod., i. 99), forbade gifts that were so gained from being offered in the Sanctuary. Here, it seems to be implied, the imagery was not to be carried to what might have seemed its logical conclusion. The harlot city, penitent and converted, might be allowed, strange as it might seem, to bring the gains of her harlotry into the temple of the Lord. Interpreted religiously, the prophet sees the admission of proselytes to the worship of Israel in the future, as he had seen it probably in the days of Hezekiah (<a href="/psalms/87-4.htm" title="I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.">Psalm 87:4</a>). Interpreted politically, the words point to a return to the old alliance between Judah and Tyre in the days of David and Solomon (<a href="/context/1_kings/5-1.htm" title="And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.">1Kings 5:1-12</a>), and to the gifts which that alliance involved (<a href="/psalms/45-12.htm" title="And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat your favor.">Psalm 45:12</a>).For them that dwell before the Lord . . .--These were probably, in the prophet's thoughts, the citizens of Jerusalem, who were to find in Tyre their chief resource both for food and raiment. Traces of this commerce after the return of the Jews from the captivity are found in <a href="/nehemiah/13-16.htm" title="There dwelled men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.">Nehemiah 13:16</a>, "men of Tyre" bringing "fish and all manner of ware" to the gates of Jerusalem. Of the more direct service we find evidence in the fact that Tyrians and Zidonians contributed to the erection of the second Temple, as they had done to that of the first (<a href="/ezra/3-7.htm" title="They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, to them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.">Ezra 3:7</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - Her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord. There is nothing intrinsically wrong or debasing in commerce. Rightly pursued, and engaged in with the view of devoting the profits made in it to good and pious ends, the commercial life may be as religious, and as acceptable to God as any other. The world has known many merchants who were Christians, in the highest sense of the word. Solomon in his best days was a merchant (<a href="/1_kings/9-27.htm">1 Kings 9:27, 28</a>; <a href="/1_kings/10-22.htm">1 Kings 10:22</a>), but one who employed the wealth which he derived from commerce to the honor and glory of God. It shall not be treasured nor laid up. The merchants shall not lay it up in their own coffers, but expend it wisely and religiously. It shall be for them that dwell before the Lord; i.e. it shall be applied to religious uses - to the sustentation of ministers, the relief of the poor and necessitous among God's people, and other similar purposes. Such an employment of the gains made sanctifies commerce, and makes it a good and a blessed thing. <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/23-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Yet her profits סַחְרָ֜הּ (saḥ·rāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5504.htm">Strong's 5504: </a> Commerce, gain and wages וְאֶתְנַנָּ֗הּ (wə·’eṯ·nan·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_868.htm">Strong's 868: </a> The wages (of a harlot) will be וְהָיָ֨ה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be set apart קֹ֚דֶשׁ (qō·ḏeš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> A sacred place, thing, sanctity to the LORD; לַֽיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel they will not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no be stored יֵֽאָצֵ֖ר (yê·’ā·ṣêr) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_686.htm">Strong's 686: </a> To lay up, store up or saved, יֵֽחָסֵ֑ן (yê·ḥā·sên) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2630.htm">Strong's 2630: </a> To be treasured up or hoarded for כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction her יִֽהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be profit סַחְרָ֔הּ (saḥ·rāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5504.htm">Strong's 5504: </a> Commerce, gain will go to those who live לַיֹּשְׁבִ֞ים (lay·yō·šə·ḇîm) Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry before לִפְנֵ֤י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face the LORD, יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel for abundant לְשָׂבְעָ֖ה (lə·śā·ḇə·‘āh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7654.htm">Strong's 7654: </a> Satiety food לֶאֱכֹ֥ל (le·’ĕ·ḵōl) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat and fine עָתִֽיק׃ (‘ā·ṯîq) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6266.htm">Strong's 6266: </a> Antique, venerable, splendid clothes. וְלִמְכַסֶּ֥ה (wə·lim·ḵas·seh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4374.htm">Strong's 4374: </a> A covering, garment, a coverlet, an awning, the omentum <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/23-18.htm">Isaiah 23:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/23-18.htm">Isaiah 23:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/23-18.htm">Isaiah 23:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/23-18.htm">Isaiah 23:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/23-18.htm">Isaiah 23:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/23-18.htm">Isaiah 23:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/23-18.htm">Isaiah 23:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/23-18.htm">Isaiah 23:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/23-18.htm">Isaiah 23:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/23-18.htm">Isaiah 23:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-18.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 23:18 Her merchandise and her wages will be (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/23-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 23:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 23:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/24-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 24:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 24:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>