And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
And the daughter of Tyre (shall be there) with a gift -- as the consequence of thy entire self-surrender to the King. It is only when Israel, the literal and the spiritual, occupies her true position, giving herself up wholly to the Lord, that she will be entreated by the people of the world to receive them into her communion, "The daughter of Tyre" is Tyre herself, with her people, personified (cf. 2 Kings 19:21). So Israel here is called "daughter" (Psalms 45:10). Instead of "shall be there," supply the ellipse from the latter clause: 'the daughter of Tyre, with a gift (shall entreat thy favour), even the rich among the people, shall entreat thy favour. "The rich" are in apposition with "Tyre." She in particular is selected as being the richest city of the old world, (Isaiah 23:1-18; Ezekiel 27:1). The Hebrew for to "entreat thy favour" is literally to make weak, or soften the countenance х paaniym (H6440) chaluw (H2470)]; to entreat so beseechingly that the other cannot show himself hard. The entreaty is that the Gentile suppliant may be received into the kingdom of God (Isaiah 44:5; Isaiah 60:6-14; Psalms 72:10). When Israel gives herself to the Lord, Messiah shall become "the Desire of all nations" in the fullest sense (Haggai 2:7; cf. Psalms 87:4). Then "Tyre's merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord" (Isaiah 23:18).