Isaiah 23:15

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At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the typical life span of a king. At the end of seventy years Tyre will try to attract attention again, like the prostitute in the popular song:

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  • Jer 25:22 : 22 all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon; all the kings of the coastlands along the sea;
  • Jer 27:3-7 : 3 Use it to send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon. Send them through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to King Zedekiah of Judah. 4 Charge them to give their masters a message from me. Tell them,‘The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says to give your masters this message. 5 “I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, and I give it to whomever I see fit. 6 I have at this time placed all these nations of yours under the power of my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made all the wild animals subject to him. 7 All nations must serve him and his son and grandson until the time comes for his own nation to fall. Then many nations and great kings will in turn subjugate Babylon.
  • Jer 29:10 : 10 “For the LORD says,‘Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule are over will I again take up consideration for you. Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore you to your homeland.
  • Ezek 27:25 : 25 The ships of Tarshish were the transports for your merchandise.“‘So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas.
  • Ezek 29:11 : 11 No human foot will pass through it, and no animal’s foot will pass through it; it will be uninhabited for forty years.
  • Dan 7:14 : 14 To him was given ruling authority, honor, and sovereignty. All peoples, nations, and language groups were serving him. His authority is eternal and will not pass away. His kingdom will not be destroyed.
  • Dan 8:21 : 21 The male goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.
  • Hos 2:15 : 15 From there I will give back her vineyards to her, and turn the“Valley of Trouble” into an“Opportunity for Hope.” There she will sing as she did when she was young, when she came up from the land of Egypt.
  • Rev 17:10 : 10 five have fallen; one is, and the other has not yet come, but whenever he does come, he must remain for only a brief time.
  • Jer 25:9-9 : 9 So I, the LORD, affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins. I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn. 10 I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in these lands. I will put an end to the sound of people grinding meal. I will put an end to lamps shining in their houses. 11 This whole area will become a desolate wasteland. These nations will be subject to the king of Babylon for seventy years.’

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  • Isa 23:16-18
    3 verses
    88%

    16“Take the harp, go through the city, forgotten prostitute! Play it well, play lots of songs, so you’ll be noticed!”

    17At the end of seventy years the LORD will revive Tyre. She will start making money again by selling her services to all the earth’s kingdoms.

    18Her profits and earnings will be set apart for the LORD. They will not be stored up or accumulated, for her profits will be given to those who live in the LORD’s presence and will be used to purchase large quantities of food and beautiful clothes.

  • Isa 23:14
    80%

    14Wail, you large ships, for your fortress is destroyed!

  • Isa 23:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1The Lord Will Judge Tyre This is an oracle about Tyre: Wail, you large ships, for the port is too devastated to enter! From the land of Cyprus this news is announced to them.

    2Lament, you residents of the coast, you merchants of Sidon who travel over the sea, whose agents sail over

  • Ezek 27:31-36
    6 verses
    77%

    31they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth, and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning.

    32As they wail they will lament over you, chanting:“Who was like Tyre, like a tower in the midst of the sea?”

    33When your products went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with the abundance of your wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth.

    34Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your company have sunk along with you.

    35All the inhabitants of the coastlands are shocked at you, and their kings are horribly afraid– their faces are troubled.

    36The traders among the peoples hiss at you; you have become a horror, and will be no more.’”

  • Isa 23:4-8
    5 verses
    76%

    4Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea says this, O fortress of the sea:“I have not gone into labor or given birth; I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”

    5When the news reaches Egypt, they will be shaken by what has happened to Tyre.

    6Travel to Tarshish! Wail, you residents of the coast!

    7Is this really your boisterous city whose origins are in the distant past, and whose feet led her to a distant land to reside?

    8Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth?

  • Jer 25:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11This whole area will become a desolate wasteland. These nations will be subject to the king of Babylon for seventy years.’

    12“‘But when the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation for their sins. I will make the land of Babylon an everlasting ruin. I, the LORD, affirm it!

  • Ezek 26:13-18
    6 verses
    72%

    13I will silence the noise of your songs; the sound of your harps will be heard no more.

    14I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place where fishing nets are spread. You will never be built again, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.

    15“This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst!

    16All the princes of the sea will vacate their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you.

    17They will sing this lament over you:“‘How you have perished– you have vanished from the seas, O renowned city, once mighty in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror!

    18Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.’

  • Ezek 26:2-5
    4 verses
    71%

    2“Son of man, because Tyre has said about Jerusalem,‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, now that she has been destroyed,’

    3therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against you, O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

    4They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.

    5She will be a place where fishing nets are spread, surrounded by the sea. For I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD. She will become plunder for the nations,

  • Ezek 27:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2“You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre.

    3Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance of the sea, merchant to the peoples on many coasts,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘O Tyre, you have said,“I am perfectly beautiful.”

  • Ezek 27:25
    71%

    25The ships of Tarshish were the transports for your merchandise.“‘So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas.

  • Isa 23:10
    70%

    10Daughter Tarshish, travel back to your land, as one crosses the Nile; there is no longer any marketplace in Tyre.

  • Amos 1:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9This is what the LORD says:“Because Tyre has committed three crimes– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold a whole community to Edom; they failed to observe a treaty of brotherhood.

    10So I will set fire to Tyre’s city wall; fire will consume her fortresses.”

  • Zech 9:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!

    4Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications into the sea– she will be consumed by fire.

  • Isa 23:12
    69%

    12He said,“You will no longer celebrate, oppressed virgin daughter Sidon! Get up, travel to Cyprus, but you will find no relief there.”

  • Jer 29:10
    68%

    10“For the LORD says,‘Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule are over will I again take up consideration for you. Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore you to your homeland.

  • Isa 47:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7You said,‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’ You did not think about these things; you did not consider how it would turn out.

    8So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, who lives securely, who says to herself,‘I am unique! No one can compare to me! I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.’

  • Ezek 16:35
    68%

    35“‘Therefore O prostitute, Listen to the LORD’s message:

  • Ezek 27:27
    68%

    27Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains, your ship’s carpenters, your merchants, and all your fighting men within you, along with all your crew who are in you, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.

  • Ezek 23:35
    67%

    35“Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have forgotten me and completely disregarded me, you must bear now the punishment for your obscene conduct and prostitution.”

  • Isa 3:26
    67%

    26Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.

  • Jer 23:40
    67%

    40I will bring on you lasting shame and lasting disgrace which will never be forgotten!’”

  • Ezek 27:9
    67%

    9The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were within you, mending cracks; all the ships of the sea and their mariners were within you to trade for your merchandise.

  • Ezek 23:17
    67%

    17The Babylonians crawled into bed with her. They defiled her with their lust; after she was defiled by them, she became disgusted with them.

  • Ezek 16:41
    66%

    41They will burn down your houses and execute judgments on you in front of many women. Thus I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer give gifts to your clients.

  • Ezek 23:30
    66%

    30I will do these things to you because you engaged in prostitution with the nations, polluting yourself with their idols.