Verse 17
Isaiah 23:17
Free Bible Version
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However, her profits and what she earns will be consecrated to the Lord. They won't be kept or saved up, for her business earnings will go to those who worship the Lord, to provide them with plenty of food and good clothes.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָיָ֞ה מִ/קֵּ֣ץ שִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֗ה יִפְקֹ֤ד יְהוָה֙ אֶת צֹ֔ר וְ/שָׁבָ֖ה לְ/אֶתְנַנָּ֑/ה וְ/זָֽנְתָ֛ה אֶת כָּל מַמְלְכ֥וֹת הָ/אָ֖רֶץ עַל פְּנֵ֥י הָ/אֲדָמָֽה
English Translation
And it shall be, at the end of seventy years, the Lord will visit Tyre, and she will return to her hire and will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the earth on the face of the ground.
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Chapter 23 Context
1
A message about Tyre. Howl, people on the ships of Tarshish! Tyre has been destroyed—nothing is left...
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2
Stay shocked into silence, people of the coastlands, merchants of Sidon, and sailors.
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3
Egyptian grain came across the wide oceans. The Nile's harvest was what made Tyre money; she was the...
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4
Feel the shame, Sidon! For the fortress of the sea says, “I have no children, having never been in l...
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5
Sail across to Tarshish! Howl, people of the coastlands!
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6
Is this really your triumphant city, whose beginnings are from the distant past, who has sent out pe...
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7
Who planned this attack on Tyre? Tyre, who created kingdoms, whose merchants were princes, whose tra...
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8
The Lord Almighty planned it, to humble its pride in all its glory, and to bring down all who receiv...
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9
Work your land, people of Tarshish, as they do beside the Nile, for you don't have a harbor anymore.
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10
The Lord held his hand out over the sea and shook kingdoms. He has condemned Phoenicia, giving the o...
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11
He said, “Don't celebrate any more, mistreated virgin daughter of Sidon. Go and sail over to Cyprus—...
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12
Look at the country of the Babylonians, this people that are not as they used to be! The Assyrians h...
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13
Howl, people on the ships of Tarshish because your fortress is destroyed!
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14
At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, a king's lifetime, as it were. But at the end...
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15
“Take a lyre and walk around the city, forgotten prostitute! Play and sing so people will remember y...
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16
After seventy years, the Lord will restore Tyre. But then she will go back to hiring herself out as...
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17
However, her profits and what she earns will be consecrated to the Lord. They won't be kept or saved...