Focused Passage

Isaiah 23:15-18

The Oracle Against Tyre, the Humbling of Commercial Glory, and Wealth Set Apart for the LORD

The chapter moves from the wailing of ships of Tarshish over Tyre’s destruction, to the silencing of island traders, to the shame of Sidon and the sea, to the question of who planned this against the city that crowned kings and whose merchants were princes, to the answer that the LORD Almighty planned it to humble pride, to the command for Tarshish to overflow its land because its harbor is gone, to the LORD’s command over Phoenicia, to the failed refuge in Cyprus, to the example of the Chaldeans, to Tyre being forgotten for seventy years, to the song of the forgotten prostitute, and finally to Tyre’s restored trade whose profits are set apart for the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

15At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

16“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

17And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.

18Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.

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References and Original Words

Verse 15

Cross-references

Jeremiah 25:22Classic cross-references Jeremiah 25:11Classic cross-references 2 Corinthians 9:8-11OliveGrove study links Luke 8:3OliveGrove study links Matthew 6:33OliveGrove study links

Original words

-וְהָיָה֙H1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularAt thatהַה֔וּאH1931Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singulartimeבַּיּ֣וֹםH3117Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularTyreצֹר֙H6865Noun - proper - feminine singularwill be forgottenוְנִשְׁכַּ֤חַתH7911Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singularfor seventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםH7657Number - common pluralyearsשָׁנָ֔הH8141Noun - feminine singularthe spanכִּימֵ֖יH3117Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural constructof aאֶחָ֑דH259Number - masculine singularking’s lifeמֶ֣לֶךְH4428Noun - masculine singularBut at the endמִקֵּ֞ץH7093Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructof seventyשִׁבְעִ֤יםH7657Number - common pluralyearsשָׁנָה֙H8141Noun - feminine singularit will happenיִהְיֶ֣הH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularto Tyreלְצֹ֔רH6865Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singularas in the songכְּשִׁירַ֖תH7892Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular constructof the harlotהַזּוֹנָֽה׃H2181Article | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 16

Cross-references

Ezekiel 26:13Classic cross-references Proverbs 7:10Classic cross-references Ezekiel 28:13Classic cross-references Jeremiah 30:14Classic cross-references 2 Corinthians 9:8-11OliveGrove study links Luke 8:3OliveGrove study links Matthew 6:33OliveGrove study links

Original words

Take upקְחִ֥יH3947Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularyour harpכִנּ֛וֹרH3658Noun - masculine singularstroll throughסֹ֥בִּיH5437Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularthe cityעִ֖ירH5892Noun - feminine singularO forgottenנִשְׁכָּחָ֑הH7911Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singularharlotזוֹנָ֣הH2181Noun - feminine singularMake sweetהֵיטִ֤יבִיH3190Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singularmelodyנַגֵּן֙H5059Verb - Piel - Infinitive constructsing manyהַרְבִּי־H7235Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singulara songשִׁ֔ירH7892Noun - masculine singular. . .לְמַ֖עַןH4616Conjunctionso you will be rememberedתִּזָּכֵֽרִי׃H2142Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular

Verse 17

Cross-references

Nahum 3:4Classic cross-references Psalms 45:12Classic cross-references Ezekiel 27:6Classic cross-references Isaiah 18:7Classic cross-references Revelation 19:2Classic cross-references 2 Corinthians 9:8-11OliveGrove study links Luke 8:3OliveGrove study links Matthew 6:33OliveGrove study links

Original words

And atוְהָיָ֞הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularthe endמִקֵּ֣ץ׀H7093Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructof seventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםH7657Number - common pluralyearsשָׁנָ֗הH8141Noun - feminine singularthe LORDיְהוָה֙H3068Noun - proper - masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerwill restoreיִפְקֹ֤דH6485Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularTyreצֹ֔רH6865Noun - proper - feminine singularThen she will returnוְשָׁבָ֖הH7725Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singularto hireלְאֶתְנַנָּ֑הH868Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularas a prostituteוְזָֽנְתָ֛הH2181Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singularand sell herselfאֶת־H854Prepositionto allכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe kingdomsמַמְלְכ֥וֹתH4467Noun - feminine plural construct-הָאָ֖רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularonעַל־H5921Prepositionthe faceפְּנֵ֥יH6440Noun - common plural constructof the earthהָאֲדָמָֽה׃H127Article | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 18

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 16:16Classic cross-references Isaiah 60:5Classic cross-references Micah 4:13Classic cross-references Psalms 72:10Classic cross-references Zechariah 14:14Classic cross-references 2 Corinthians 9:8-11OliveGrove study links Luke 8:3OliveGrove study links Matthew 6:33OliveGrove study links

Original words

Yet her profitsסַחְרָ֜הּH5504Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularand wagesוְאֶתְנַנָּ֗הּH868Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularwill beוְהָיָ֨הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularset apartקֹ֚דֶשׁH6944Noun - masculine singularto the LORDלַֽיהוָ֔הH3068Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularthey will notלֹ֥אH3808Adverb - Negative particlebe storedיֵֽאָצֵ֖רH686Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular. . .וְלֹ֣אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleor savedיֵֽחָסֵ֑ןH2630Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularforכִּ֣יH3588Conjunctionherיִֽהְיֶ֣הH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularprofitסַחְרָ֔הּH5504Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularwill go to those who liveלַיֹּשְׁבִ֞יםH3427Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralbeforeלִפְנֵ֤יH6440Preposition-l | Noun - common plural constructthe LORDיְהוָה֙H3068Noun - proper - masculine singularfor abundantלְשָׂבְעָ֖הH7654Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularfoodלֶאֱכֹ֥לH398Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructand fineעָתִֽיק׃פH6266Adjective - masculine singularclothingוְלִמְכַסֶּ֥הH4374Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular

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