Isaiah 23:16

Take a harp, go about the city, you forgotten prostitute; 1 play it well, sing many songs, so that you may be remembered.

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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

15In that day, Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, like the days of a king. After the end of seventy years there will happen in Tyre something like in the song of the prostitute. 1

17It will come about that after seventy years, Yahweh will help Tyre, and she will start making money again by doing the work of a prostitute, and she will offer her services to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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Cross References

Proverbs 7:10There a woman met him, 1 dressed like a prostitute, with a false heart. 1

Nahum 3:4This is happening because of the lustful actions of the beautiful prostitute, the expert in witchcraft, 1 who sells nations through her prostitution, and peoples through her acts of witchcraft. 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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