17 It will come about at (A)the end of seventy years that the Lord will visit Tyre. Then she will go back to her harlot’s wages and will (B)play the harlot with all the kingdoms [a]on the face of the earth.

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  1. Isaiah 23:17 Lit of the earth on the face of the land

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

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25 You built yourself a high place at the top of (A)every street and made your beauty abominable, and you spread your legs to every passer-by to multiply your harlotry. 26 You also played the harlot with the Egyptians, your [a]lustful neighbors, and multiplied your harlotry to (B)make Me angry. 27 Behold now, I have stretched out My hand against you and diminished your rations. And I delivered you up to the desire of those who hate you, the (C)daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd conduct. 28 Moreover, you played the harlot with the (D)Assyrians because you were not satisfied; you played the harlot with them and still were not satisfied. 29 You also multiplied your harlotry with the land of merchants, Chaldea, yet even with this you were not satisfied.”’”

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  1. Ezekiel 16:26 Lit great of flesh

25 At every street corner(A) you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.(B) 26 You engaged in prostitution(C) with the Egyptians,(D) your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger(E) with your increasing promiscuity.(F) 27 So I stretched out my hand(G) against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over(H) to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines,(I) who were shocked by your lewd conduct. 28 You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians(J) too, because you were insatiable; and even after that, you still were not satisfied.(K) 29 Then you increased your promiscuity to include Babylonia,[a](L) a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.(M)

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  1. Ezekiel 16:29 Or Chaldea

The Doom of Babylon

17 (A)Then one of the (B)seven angels who had the (C)seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you (D)the judgment of the (E)great harlot who (F)sits on many waters, with whom (G)the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and (H)those who dwell on the earth were (I)made drunk with the wine of her immorality.”

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Babylon, the Prostitute on the Beast

17 One of the seven angels(A) who had the seven bowls(B) came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment(C) of the great prostitute,(D) who sits by many waters.(E) With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.”(F)

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