Isaiah 23:18
However, her profits and what she earns will be consecrated to the Lord. They won't be kept or saved up, for her business earnings will go to those who worship the Lord, to provide them with plenty of food and good clothes.
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Exodus 28:36Make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it like a seal, “Holy to the Lord.”
Deuteronomy 26:12Once you've finished storing up a tenth of all your crops in the third year (the year of the tithe), you shall give it to the Levites, the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, so they will have enough to eat in your towns.
2 Chronicles 2:11King Hiram of Tyre responded to Solomon by letter: “It's because the Lord loves his people that he has made you their king.”
Psalms 72:10The kings of Tarshish and the islands will bring him tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba will present him with gifts.
Proverbs 13:22Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth is saved for those who live right.
Ecclesiastes 2:26To those who are good, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But to the sinner God gives the task of gathering and collecting wealth, only to hand it over to someone who pleases God. This also shows how fleeting life is, and hard to understand—like trying to understand how the wind blows.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 23:16-18
The Restoration of Tyre. ( b. c. 718.) 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 shall Tyre sing as a harlot. 16 Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. 17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with… Read the whole commentary →