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14 Lament, ships of Tarshish,
    for your stronghold is destroyed.

15 On that day, Tyre shall be forgotten for seventy years,[a] the lifetime of one king. At the end of seventy years, the song about the prostitute will be Tyre’s song:

16 Take a harp, go about the city,
    forgotten prostitute;
Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs,
    that you may be remembered.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:15 Seventy years: a conventional expression for a long period of time; cf. Jer 25:11 and 29:10.

14 Wail, you ships(A) of Tarshish;(B)
    your fortress is destroyed!(C)

15 At that time Tyre(D) will be forgotten for seventy years,(E) the span of a king’s life. But at the end of these seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:

16 “Take up a harp, walk through the city,
    you forgotten prostitute;(F)
play the harp well, sing many a song,
    so that you will be remembered.”

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