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Isaiah 23:17

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.

The Lord will visit Tyre - not in wrath, but mercy.

Hire - image from a harlot; her gains by commerce. After the Babylonian dynasty was ended, Tyre was rebuilt; also, again, after the terrible destruction under Alexander.

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See also Isaiah 23:17 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 23:17. _AFTER THE END OF SEVENTY YEARS_] Tyre, after its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar, recovered, as it is here foretold, its ancient trade, wealth, and grandeur; as it did likewise aft...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE LORD WILL VISIT TYRE - He will restore her to her former wealth and magnificence. AND SHE SHALL TURN TO HER HIRE - The word ‘hire’ here denotes the wages or reward that is given to an harlot; and...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 23 The Burden of Tyre 1. _Tyre's great disaster (Isaiah 23:1)_ 2. _The complete overthrow (Isaiah 23:6)_ 3. _Tyre's future restoration and degradation (Isaiah 23:15)_ Tyre typifies the commer...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 23. ORACLE ON TYRE. The date and authorship are alike very uncertain. If by Isaiah, the occasion may be the siege of Tyre by Shalmaneser about 727- 722 (p. 59), the historicity of which, howeve...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WORLD. the earth. Hebrew. _ha- arez_. UPON. which are upon. EARTH. ground, or, soil. Hebrew. _ha- adamah_....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The appendix. Tyre shall be forgotten for seventy years; afterwards she shall resume her commercial activity, but its profits shall be dedicated to Jehovah's people....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The application of the song to Tyre. The comparison of commerce to prostitution is found in Revelation 18:3 and perhaps in Nahum 3:4. Here it signalises the mercenary motive which was prominent in Tyr...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY— The second part of this discourse contains the alleviation of the calamity decreed upon Tyre. In these verses the prophet informs us, _first,_ that God would cir...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    c. SUBMISSION TEXT: Isaiah 23:15-18 15 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 it shall b...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Figurative of her restored traffic....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DOOM OF TYRE Tyre was a great mercantile centre of the ancient world, and at the time of the Hebrew monarchy chief state of Phœnicia, the parent of many colonies, and mistress of the Mediterranea...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 23 All the verses in this chapter refer to both Tyre and Sidon. This is so even if on...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    God is not against commercial activity. But he does direct his judgement against human pride and self-interest. And against behaviour that does not include the desire to trust God....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָ֞ה מִ קֵּ֣ץ ׀ שִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֗ה יִפְק

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XVIII TYRE; OR, THE MERCENARY SPIRIT 702 B.C. Isaiah 23:1 THE task, which was laid upon the religion of Israel while Isaiah was its prophet, was the task, as we have often told ourselves, o...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The burden of Tyre opens with a graphic description of her desolation. Her harbors are closed. Her borders are desolate. The sea, which had been her highway, is abandoned, and Egypt, her ally, is affr...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her (y) hire, and shall play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Commit. Septuagint, "be the emporium for all." Great injustice prevailed formerly among merchants, so that it is represented as a dishonest calling. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It is worthy remark, that Tyre's captivity was appointed by the Lord, to be of the same length as Israel's, and under the same government. Was this designed, (I only ask the question, not determine) t...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    17._Jehovah will visit Tyre. _(117) Although the Lord will afflict Tyre in such a manner that she will appear to be ruined, yet he declares that she will obtain mercy, because, rising at length out of...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23. In Chapter s 19 and 20 Egypt shall be smitten in that day; but Jehovah will heal it. Egypt, Assyria, and Israel shall together be blessed of Je...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS AFTER THE END OF SEVENTY YEARS,.... When the seventy years before mentioned are ended: THAT THE LORD WILL VISIT TYRE; not in judgment, as before, but in mercy: AND SHE SHAL...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 o...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And it shall come to pass_, &c. Here begins the second part of this discourse, which contains an alleviation of the judgment decreed against Tyre. The prophet foretels, 1st, “That God would circumscr...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years that the Lord will visit Tyre, in mercy, to give her another opportunity to repent, AND SHE SHALL TURN TO HER HIRE, the gain of her trade being...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE RESTORATION OF TYREV. 15. AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY, at the time when this prophecy would be fulfilled, THAT TYRE SHALL BE FORGOTTEN SEVENTY YEARS, the length of the Chaldean supremacy...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-18 The desolations of Tyre were not to be for ever. The Lord will visit Tyre in mercy. But when set at liberty, she will use her old arts of temptation. The love of worldly wealth is spiritual ido...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    VISIT TYRE, to wit, in mercy, as this phrase is used, RUTH 1:6 PSALMS 65:9, and elsewhere. HER HIRE: the Hebrew word properly signifies, _the hire of an harlot_; which agrees well with the FORNICATION...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 23:17 end H7093 seventy H7657 years H8141 LORD H3068 visit H6485 (H8799) Tyre H6865 return H7725 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    AFTER SEVENTY YEARS TYRE WILL BE RESTORED (ISAIAH 23:15). Analysis. a And it will come about in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king (Isaiah 23:15 a)...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Burden of Tyre. Desolations preceding the final deliverance of Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The proud boasts of worldly nations, who bid defiance to their neighbors, will surely be...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 23:1. _The burden of Tyre._ This was one of the most ancient cities of Phœnicia, situate on a rock, seven hundred paces from the shore, though now joined to the land by the working of the sea....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And it shall come to pass, after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre_ THE REVIVAL OF TYRE In the fourth and last strophe, the prophet dwells upon the revival of Tyre in the idea...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The burden of Tyre_ THE PROPHECY AGAINST TYRE: LESSONS The Tarshish of this chapter is Spain. Chittim is the island of Cyprus. The word “merchant” is the same word that is rendered in other places...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 23:1 The fifth oracle concerns the judgment and redemption of Tyre. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 23:15 The PROSTITUTE Tyre will soon be back in business, but will ultimately be redeemed (like other nations, e.g., Isaiah 19:23)....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 23:17 The hardened, unfaithful woman, deeply bound to the corruption of wealth, is made HOLY TO THE LORD and devoted to his people (v....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 23:1 THE BURDEN OF TYRE. We hero reach the last of the "burdens"—the concluding chapter of the series of denunciatory prophecies which commenced with Isaiah 13:1. It is an elegy "in...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 23 he takes up his burden against Tyre. Tyre was, of course, a seaport town. It was the area... The people of Tyre were known as Phoenicians. And so you who are versed in your ancient h...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 5:2; 1 Timothy 3:3; 1 Timothy 3:8; Acts 15:14; Deuteronomy 23:

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Visit — In mercy. Her hire — The Hebrew word properly signifies, the hire of an harlot. Fornication — Shall trade promiscuously with people of all nations, as harlots entertain all comers....

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