Isaiah 23:18

Money and wealth Generosity

¹⁶ “Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

¹⁷ And 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.

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.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: And her merchandise and her hire shall be holy to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah, to eat and be sufficed, and for excellent clothing.
BLB: And her gain and her pay will be set apart for YHWH; it will not be stored up and not laid up, for unto those sitting before YHWH will be her gain, to eat to satisfaction, and for a surpassing covering.

ÅB: Men dets vinning og dets horelønn skal være helliget til Herren, den skal ikke legges opp og ikke gjemmes; for de som bor for Herrens åsyn, skal få dets vinning og bruke den til å spise seg mette og kle seg i prektige klær for.
[^1]: d.e. Nilen.
[^2]: Tyrus.
[^3]: d.e. Nilen.
[^4]: Tyrus'.
OTB: Likevel vil hennes inntekter og hennes lønn bli satt til side for Herren; de vil ikke bli lagret eller hamstret, men hennes fortjeneste vil gi rikelig mat og praktfulle klær for dem som bor i Herrens nærvær.
B1930: Men dets vinning og dets horelønn skal være helliget til Herren, den skal ikke legges op og ikke gjemmes; for de som bor for Herrens åsyn, skal få dets vinning og bruke den til å ete sig mette og klæ sig i prektige klær for.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 72:10
May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
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Deuteronomy 26:12–14
When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates.
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Philippians 4:17–18
Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.
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Galatians 6:6
Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.
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Deuteronomy 12:18–19
Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,
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Exodus 28:36
You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.
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Acts 21:3–5
After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.
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Matthew 6:19–21
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
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