Isaiah 23:17

And 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.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16Take 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.

18And her gain and her hire shall be kodesh to Hashem; it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her + 23:18 Tzorʼs earnings shall be for them that live before Hashem, to eat sufficiently, and for choice clothing.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 25:11And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these Goyim shall serve Melech Bavel shiv'im shanah (seventy years). + 25:11 T.N. Note: length of Exile predicted here.

Ezekiel 16:26Thou hast also played the zonah fornicator with the Mitzrayim, thy very fleshy neighbors; and hast increased thy zonah harlotry, to provoke Me to anger.

Ezekiel 22:13Hinei, therefore I have struck Mine palm at thy betza (dishonest gain) which thou hast made, and at thy bloodshed which hath been in the midst of thee.

Hosea 12:7Therefore turn thou to Eloheicha; 1 be shomer over chesed and mishpat 1 and wait on Eloheicha tamid (continually). 1

Micah 3:11Her Rashim judge for a bribe, 1 and her kohanim play the hireling moreh (teacher), 1 and her nevi'im are fortune-tellers for kesef; 1 yet will they lean upon Hashem? And say: 1 Is not Hashem among us? 1 No ra'ah will come upon us. 1

Zephaniah 2:7And the coast shall be 1 for the she'erit Bais Yehudah; 1 they shall feed thereupon; 1 in the batim (houses) of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the erev; 1 for Hashem Eloheichem shall visit them, 1 and restore their fortunes. 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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