Yesaya 23:14-15

23:14 Wail, you large ships, ¹ 

for your fortress is destroyed!

23:15 At that time ²  Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, ³  the typical life span of a king. ⁴  At the end of seventy years Tyre will try to attract attention again, like the prostitute in the popular song: ⁵ 

[23:14]  ¹ tn Heb “ships of Tarshish.” See the note at v. 1.

[23:15]  ² tn Or “in that day” (KJV). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[23:15]  ³ sn The number seventy is probably used in a stereotypical, nonliteral sense here to indicate a long period of time that satisfies completely the demands of God’s judgment.

[23:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “like the days of a king.”

[23:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “At the end of seventy years it will be for Tyre like the song of the prostitute.”