Isaiah 23:15-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
15 From that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the lifetime of one king. At the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song about the prostitute:(A)
16 Take a harp;
go about the city,
you forgotten prostitute!
Make sweet melody;
sing many songs,
that you may be remembered.
17 At the end of seventy years, the Lord will visit Tyre, and she will return to her trade and will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.(B) 18 Her merchandise and her wages will be dedicated to the Lord; her profits[a] will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who live in the presence of the Lord.(C)
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- 23.18 Heb it
Isaiah 23:15-18
International Standard Version
15 It will happen at that time that Tyre will be forgotten for 70 years, the span of a king’s life. Then, at the end of those 70 years, it will turn out for Tyre as in the prostitute’s song:[a]
16 “Take a harp;
walk around the city,
you forgotten whore!
Make sweet melody;
sing many songs,
and perhaps you’ll be remembered.”
17 At the end of 70 years, the Lord will deal with Tyre, at which time she’ll return to her courtesan’s trade, and prostitute herself with the kingdoms[b] of the world on the surface of the earth. 18 Nevertheless, her profits and her earnings will be dedicated[c] to the Lord; they will not be stored up or hoarded—but her profits will go to those who live in the Lord’s presence,[d] for abundant food and choice clothing.
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- Isaiah 23:15 So 1QIsac MT LXX; 1QIsaa lacks that Tyre will be forgotten for 70 years, the span of a king’s life. Then, at the end of those 70 years
- Isaiah 23:17 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read all the kingdoms
- Isaiah 23:18 Or given
- Isaiah 23:18 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac reads but will be for those who live in the Lord’s presence. And her profits will be
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