Verse 16

Isaiah 23:16

English Revised Version

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

Original Language Text

hebrew

קְחִ֥י כִנּ֛וֹר סֹ֥בִּי עִ֖יר זוֹנָ֣ה נִשְׁכָּחָ֑ה הֵיטִ֤יבִי נַגֵּן֙ הַרְבִּי שִׁ֔יר לְמַ֖עַן תִּזָּכֵֽרִי

English Translation

Take the harp, play it well in the forgotten city, so that you may be remembered.

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Chapter 23 Context

1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no... Focus ↗

2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have... Focus ↗

3 And on great waters the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the ma... Focus ↗

4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, the strong hold of the sea; saying, I have not tr... Focus ↗

5 When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. Focus ↗

6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. Focus ↗

7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to soj... Focus ↗

8 Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose trafficke... Focus ↗

9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the... Focus ↗

10 Pass through thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no girdle about thee any more. Focus ↗

11 He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: the LORD hath given comman... Focus ↗

12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over... Focus ↗

13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans; this people is no more; the Assyrian hath appointed it for the be... Focus ↗

14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strong hold is laid waste. Focus ↗

15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the... Focus ↗

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

17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she sha... Focus ↗

18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid u... Focus ↗

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