Isaiah 23:15-18
Evangelical Heritage Version
15 In that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the days of a king’s life. After the end of the seventy years, Tyre will be like the prostitute in this song.
16 Pick up a lyre.
Go through the city,
you forgotten prostitute.
Play skillfully.
Sing many songs,
so that you might be remembered once again.
17 At the end of the seventy years, the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will go back to collecting wages, to selling herself to all the kingdoms of the world, to everyone on the surface of the earth. 18 But this time her merchandise and her wages will be dedicated to the Lord. It will not be stored away. Her goods will be for those who live in the presence of the Lord, so that they have enough to eat and clothing that will last.
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Isaiah 23:15-18
Lexham English Bible
15 And this will happen on that day: And Tyre will be forgotten seventy years,[a]
like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years,[b] it will be for Tyre like the song of the prostitute:
16 “Take a harp,
go around the city, forgotten prostitute!
Do it well, playing a stringed instrument!
Make numerous songs,[c] that you may be remembered.”
17 And this shall happen:
at the end of seventy years,[d] Yahweh will visit Tyre,
and she will return to her harlot’s wages,
and she will commit fornication
with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
18 And this shall happen:
her merchandise and her harlot’s wages will be set apart for Yahweh;
it will not be stored up,
and it will not be hoarded,
but her merchandise will be for those who live before the presence[e] of Yahweh,
for eating to satiation and for fine clothing.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:15 Hebrew “year”
- Isaiah 23:15 Hebrew “year”
- Isaiah 23:16 Hebrew “song”
- Isaiah 23:17 Hebrew “year”
- Isaiah 23:18 Literally “face”
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