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Isaiah 23:16-18
Legacy Standard Bible
Isaiah 23:16-18
Legacy Standard Bible
16 Take your harp, walk about the city,
O forgotten harlot;
Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.
17 And it will be at (A)the end of seventy years that Yahweh will visit Tyre. Then she will go back to her harlot’s wages and will (B)play the harlot with all the kingdoms [a]on the face of the earth. 18 And her (C)gain and her harlot’s wages will be (D)set apart to Yahweh; it will not be treasured up or hoarded, but her gain will become sufficient food and choice attire for those who inhabit the presence of Yahweh.
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- Isaiah 23:17 Lit of the earth on the face of the land
Isaiah 23:16-18
New International Version
Isaiah 23:16-18
New International Version
16 “Take up a harp, walk through the city,
you forgotten prostitute;(A)
play the harp well, sing many a song,
so that you will be remembered.”
17 At the end of seventy years,(B) the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her lucrative prostitution(C) and will ply her trade with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.(D) 18 Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the Lord;(E) they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the Lord,(F) for abundant food and fine clothes.(G)
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