Isaiah 23:16

Take a kinnor, 1 go about the Ir, 1 thou zonah that hast been forgotten; 1 make sweet melody, 1 sing many shir, 1 that thou mayest be remembered.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

In Context

15And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tzor shall be forgotten shiv'im shanah, according to the yamim of melech echad; after the end of shiv'im shanah shall Tzor sing as a zonah. 1

17And it shall come to pass at the end of shiv'im shanah, that Hashem will visit Tzor, and she shall return to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the mamlakhot HaAretz upon the face of ha'adamah.

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Cross References

Proverbs 7:10And, hinei, there met him an isha 1 with the attire of a zonah, 1 and crafty of lev 1

Nahum 3:4Because of the multitude of the harlotries of the alluring zonah, 1 the ba'alat keshafim (the mistress of sorceries), 1 that enslaveth Goyim through her prostitutions, 1 and mishpochot through her keshafim; 1

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 →

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