Isaiah 23:17
And it has come to pass, || At the end of seventy years YHWH inspects Tyre, || And she has returned to her wage, || And she committed fornication || With all kingdoms of the earth on the face of the ground.
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Jeremiah 25:11And all this land has been for a desolation, for an astonishment, and these nations have served the king of Babylon seventy years.
Ezekiel 16:26And go whoring to sons of Egypt, || Your neighbors—great of appetite! And you multiply your whoredoms, || To provoke Me to anger.
Ezekiel 22:13And behold, I have struck My hand, || Because of your dishonest gain that you have gained, || And for your blood that has been in your midst.
Hosea 12:7Canaan! In his hand [are] balances of deceit! He has loved to oppress.
Micah 3:11Her heads judge for a bribe, || And her priests teach for hire, || And her prophets divine for silver, || And on YHWH they lean, saying, || “Is not YHWH in our midst? Evil does not come in on us.”
Zephaniah 2:7And the coast has been for the remnant of the house of Judah, || By them they have pleasure, || In houses of Ashkelon they lie down at evening, || For their God YHWH inspects them, || And He has turned back [to] their captivity.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 23:16-18
The Restoration of Tyre. ( b. c. 718.) 15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as a harlot. 16 Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. 17 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… Read the whole commentary →