Isaiah 23:17

It 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.

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

18Her profits and earnings will be set apart to Yahweh. They will not be stored up or kept in the treasury, for her profits will be given to those who live in Yahweh's presence and will be used to supply them with abundant food and so they can have the best quality clothing.

Read all of Isaiah 23

Cross References

Jeremiah 25:11Then all of this land will become a desolation and a horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

Ezekiel 16:26You have acted like a prostitute with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, and you committed many more acts of prostitution, provoking me to anger.

Ezekiel 22:13See! With my hand I have struck the dishonest gain that you have made, and the bloodshed that is done in the midst of you.

Hosea 12:7The merchants have false scales in their hands; 1 they love to defraud. 1

Micah 3:11Your leaders judge for a bribe, 1 your priests teach for a price, 1 and your prophets do divination for money. 1 Yet you rely on Yahweh and say, 1 “Is not Yahweh with us? 1 No evil will come on us.” 1

Zephaniah 2:7The coastal region will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah, 1 who will shepherd their flocks there. Their people will lie down in the evening in the houses of Ashkelon, 1 for Yahweh their God will care for them 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Isaiah 23:17