15 And in that day shall Tyre be forgotten seventy years (according to the years of one King) at the end of [a]seventy years shall Tyre [b]sing as an harlot.

16 Take an harp and go about the city (thou harlot that hast been forgotten) [c]make sweet melody, sing more songs that thou mayest be remembered.

17 And at the end of seventy years shall the Lord visit Tyre, and she shall return to her [d]wages, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the earth, that are in the world.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:15 Tyre shall lie destroyed seventy years which he calleth the reign of one King, or a man’s age.
  2. Isaiah 23:15 Shall use all craft and subtlety to entice men again unto her.
  3. Isaiah 23:16 She shall labor by all means to recover her first credit: as an harlot when she is long forgotten, seeketh by all means to entertain her lovers.
  4. Isaiah 23:17 Though she have been chastised of the Lord, yet she shall return to her old wicked practices, and for gain shall give herself to all men’s lusts like an harlot.

15 At that time Tyre(A) will be forgotten for seventy years,(B) 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;(C)
play the harp well, sing many a song,
    so that you will be remembered.”

17 At the end of seventy years,(D) the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her lucrative prostitution(E) and will ply her trade with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.(F)

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