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17 At the end of seventy years[a] the Lord will revive[b] Tyre. She will start making money again by selling her services to all the earth’s kingdoms.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:17 tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
  2. Isaiah 23:17 tn Heb “visit [with favor]” (cf. KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “will deal with.”
  3. Isaiah 23:17 tn Heb “and she will return to her [prostitute’s] wages and engage in prostitution with all the kingdoms of the earth on the face of the earth.”

17 At the end of seventy years,(A) the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her lucrative prostitution(B) and will ply her trade with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.(C)

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