Isaiah 23
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 23:16-18

16TakeH3947 your harpH3658, walkH5437 aboutH5437 the cityH5892, O forgottenH7911 harlotH2181; PluckH5059 the stringsH5059 skillfullyH3190, sing manyH7235 songsH7892, That you may be rememberedH2142. 17It will comeH1961 about at 1the endH7093 of seventyH7657 yearsH8141 that the LordH3068 will visitH6485 TyreH6865. Then she will goH7725 backH7725 to her harlot’sH868 wagesH868 and will 2playH2181 the harlotH2181 with allH3605 the kingdomsH4467 3on the faceH6440 of the earthH127. 18Her 4gainH5504 and her harlot’sH868 wagesH868 will be 5setH6944 apartH6944 to the LordH3068; it will not be storedH686 up or hoardedH2630, but her gainH5504 will becomeH1961 sufficientH7654 foodH398 and choiceH6266 attireH4374 for those who dwellH3427 in the presenceH6440 of the LordH3068.

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 23:17 Is 23:15 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 23:17 Ezek 16:25-29; Nah 3:4 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 23:17 Lit of the earth on the face of the land ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 23:18 Ps 72:10, 11; Is 60:5-9; Mic 4:13 ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 23:18 Ex 28:36; Zech 14:20 ↩

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