"And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: af…" — Isaiah 23:15

Isaiah 23:15 · KJV

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. {shall Tyre...: Heb. it shall be unto Tyre as the song of an harlot}”

— Isaiah 23:15

Verse 14

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

Verse 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.

Isaiah 23 — Context

Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, {till} the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; {and} he brought it to ruin.

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. {shall Tyre...: Heb. it shall be unto Tyre as the song of an harlot}

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

And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

Cross References

Jeremiah 25:22

And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which {are} beyond the sea, {isles: or, region by the sea side}

Ezekiel 27:25

The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

Jeremiah 29:10

For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

Daniel 8:21

And the rough goat {is} the king of Grecia: and the great horn that {is} between his eyes {is} the first king.

Hosea 2:15

And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

Daniel 7:14

And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion {is} an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom {that} which shall not be destroyed.

Jeremiah 27:3-7

And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;

Revelation 17:10

And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, {and} the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.