Isaiah 23:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.””
A short, plain-language explanation of Isaiah 23:16 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
““Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Take a harp, go round the city, O forgotten harlot, play well, Multiply song that thou mayest be remembered.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 23:16 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 7:10Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
- Jeremiah 30:14All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
- Nahum 3:4because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.
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