Isaiah 23:16-17

23:16 “Take the harp,

go through the city,

forgotten prostitute!

Play it well,

play lots of songs,

so you’ll be noticed!” ¹ 

23:17 At the end of seventy years ²  the Lord will revive ³  Tyre. She will start making money again by selling her services to all the earth’s kingdoms. ⁴ 

[23:16]  ¹ tn Heb “so you will be remembered.”

[23:17]  ² tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[23:17]  ³ tn Heb “visit [with favor]” (cf. KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “will deal with.”

[23:17]  ⁴ 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.”