And it will happen,וְהָיָהat the endמִקֵּץof seventyשִׁבְעִיםyears,שָׁנָהthat YHWHיְהוָהwill visitיִפְקֹדTyre,אֶת צֹרand she will returnוְשָׁבָהto her wages,לְאֶתְנַנָּהand will prostitute herselfוְזָנְתָהwith allאֶת כָּלthe kingdomsמַמְלְכוֹתof the earthהָאָרֶץon the faceעַל פְּנֵיof the ground.הָאֲדָמָה
Isaiah 23:17
Study it in the app“And it will happen, at the end of seventy years, that YHWH will visit Tyre, and she will return to her wages, and will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the earth on the face of the ground.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 23:17, word by word
- And it will happenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- at the endקֵּץkets
end
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kets” appears- of seventyשִׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- that YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- will visitיִפְקֹדyifkod
attend to
To attend to someone; God comes to help.
Where else “yifkod” appears- Tyreצֹרtsor
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appears- and she will returnשָׁבָהshava
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shava” appears- to her wagesאֶתְנַנָּetnana
wages of a prostitute
The pay of a prostitute; also a gift.
Where else “etnana” appears- and will prostitute herselfזָנְתָהzanta
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zanta” appears- the kingdomsמַמְלְכוֹתmamlchot
kingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlchot” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- on the faceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- of the groundאֲדָמָהadama
land
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “adama” appears
Places in this verse
Tyre
Today: Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Israel's present border.
Its king Hiram helped David and Solomon with timber and workers (1 Kgs 5:1). Ezekiel announced its fall (Ezek 27:2), and Jesus mentioned it when rebuking towns that did not change their minds (Matt 11:21).
The context
16“Take a lyre, go around the city, forgotten prostitute; play well, sing many songs, so that you may be remembered.”
17 · This verse (above)
18And her profit and her wages will be holy to YHWH; it will not be stored up nor hoarded; for for those who dwell before YHWH her profit will be for eating to satisfaction and for splendid clothing.