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.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Here is, I. The time fixed for the continuance of the desolations of Tyre, which were not to be perpetual desolations: Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, Isa 23:15. So long it shall lie neglected…
Cambridge Bible
The application of the song to Tyre. The comparison of commerce to prostitution is found in Rev 18:3 and perhaps in Nah 3:4. Here it signalises the mercenary motive which was prominent in Tyre's…
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