Isaiah 23:15-18
Modern English Version
15 In that day Tyre shall be forgotten for seventy years, according to the days of one king. After the end of seventy years Tyre shall sing as a harlot:
16 Take your harp, go about the city,
O forgotten harlot;
make sweet melody, sing many songs,
that you may be remembered.
17 At the end of seventy years, the Lord will punish Tyre. Then she shall turn to her harlot’s wages and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. 18 Her merchandise and her harlot’s wages shall be set apart to the Lord. It shall not be treasured nor stored up, for her merchandise shall be for those who dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for choice clothing.
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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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