On that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years #– #the lifespan of one king. At the end of seventy years, what the song says about the prostitute will happen to Tyre:
Isaiah 23:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised And at the end of the seventy years, the Lord will restore Tyre and she will go back into business, prostituting herself with all the kingdoms of the world throughout the earth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And after the end of seventy years the Lord will remember Tyre; and she will return to her hire and will play the harlot [resume her commerce] with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. American Standard Version (1901) And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. Common English Bible At the end of seventy years, the LORD will visit Tyre. She will return to her trade and will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms on the earth. Catholic Public Domain Version And this shall be after seventy years: the Lord will visit Tyre, and he will lead her back to her profits. And she will fornicate again with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it shall come to pass after seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre and will bring her back again to her traffic: and she shall commit fornication again with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. |
On that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years #– #the lifespan of one king. At the end of seventy years, what the song says about the prostitute will happen to Tyre:
Pick up your lyre, stroll through the city, you forgotten prostitute. Play skilfully, sing many a song so that you will be remembered.
This whole land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
For this is what the Lord says: ‘When seventy years for Babylon are complete, I will attend to you and will confirm my promise concerning you to restore you to this place.
You built your elevated place at the head of every street and turned your beauty into a detestable thing. You spread your legs to everyone who passed by and increased your prostitution.
You engaged in promiscuous acts with Egyptian men, your well-endowed neighbours, and increased your prostitution to anger me.
building your mound at the head of every street and making your elevated place in every square. But you were unlike a prostitute because you scorned payment.
‘ “Now look, I clap my hands together against the dishonest profit you have made and against the blood shed among you.
All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again for a prostitute.
Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practise divination for silver. Yet they lean on the Lord, saying, ‘Isn’t the Lord among us? No disaster will overtake us.’
Because of the continual prostitution of the prostitute, the attractive mistress of sorcery, who treats nations and clans like merchandise by her prostitution and sorcery,
The coastland will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; they will find pasture there. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the Lord their God will return to them and restore their fortunes.
Simeon has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for his name.
Do not bring a female prostitute’s wages or a male prostitute’s earnings into the house of the Lord your God to fulfil any vow, because both are detestable to the Lord your God.
not an excessive drinker, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy.
Deacons, likewise, should be worthy of respect, not hypocritical, not drinking a lot of wine, not greedy for money,
Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed for money but eagerly;
because his judgements are true and righteous, because he has judged the notorious prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality; and he has avenged the blood of his servants that was on her hands.