Isaiah 23:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:”
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“At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 be unto Tyre as in the song of the harlot.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And it hath come to pass, in that day, That forgotten is Tyre seventy years, According to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years there is to Tyre as the song of the harlot.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 23:15 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
- Jeremiah 25:11And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
- Jeremiah 25:22all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of the coastlands across the sea;
- Jeremiah 27:3Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 29:10For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
- Ezekiel 16:35Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD!
- Ezekiel 27:25The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.
- Ezekiel 29:11No foot of man or beast will pass through, and it will be uninhabited for forty years.
- Daniel 7:14And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
- Daniel 8:21The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
- Hosea 2:15There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
- Revelation 17:10There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while.
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