Isaiah 23:15 (WEB)
It will come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. After the end of seventy years it will be to Tyre like in the song of the prostitute.
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“For, sin stricken as she is, even Tyre is bidden to take up her harp and to do penance; like Peter she is told to wash away the stains of her former foulness with bitter tears.” — editor's note: Isa. xxiii. 15, 16.
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Aphrahat
“For Isaiah said concerning it:—Tyre shall wander seventy years, as the days of one king, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms that are upon the face of the earth.” — editor's note: Is. xxiii. 15, 17.
Read the whole comment“Now we see that Tyre was inhabited, and was opulent after she had wandered seventy years, and after she had received the reward of her harlotries and after she had committed fornication with all kingdoms.” — editor's note: Is. xxiii. 15, 16, 17.
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