SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 23, VS 7-18
7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
9 The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.
11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
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 an harlot.
16 Take an 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 all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
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.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 23, VS 7-18
v. 7-8– We are the ancient city,–The princes and princesses in Christ Jesus, but sometimes our “own feet ..carry (us) afar off to sojourn” in looking to the things of this world first.
v. 9-12– God can’t give us His peace, and strength, if our minds are not stayed entirely on Him. We can’t be on the fence. We must be either entirely His or entirely in this world. He will spew out the lukewarm. (Rev. 3:16)
v. 13– We were in a wilderness before we found Jesus. We are weak and helpless of ourselves, but God makes us princes and puts us in the palace of His presence, Joy, and Love!!
v. 14– And Satan has no hold on us anymore.
v. 15-17– God won’t force us to give ourselves to Him. Sometimes He must let us go and see how far we get alone in this world-committing spiritual adultery against God.
18– When we turn back to Him, we see that all the things of this world are His, put here for our use, but not our love. He is a jealous God. We are to have eyes for Him alone!!!
END OF CHAPTER 23