Today's Favorite Verse: Isaiah 23:18
"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."
I'm reading that Tyre would sing as a harlot and commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world. Then all of a sudden its goods are used as holiness to the Lord. I turned to the Institute manual to understand what happened better.
Like Babylon, Tyre represented the world and so eventually would come under the judgments of God. Like Babylon, she was seen as a harlot committing fornication (joining in wickedness) with the kingdoms of the world (see Isaiah 23:15, 17–18; compare Revelation 17:1–2). The seventy years may refer to her coming judgments. Isaiah 23:18 shows that eventually the merchandise of Tyre (the world) will be put to proper use in building the kingdom of Jehovah.
(Old Testament Student Manual, "A Voice of Warning to the Wicked" (Isaiah 13-23)
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