Isaias 23:17
And it shall come to pass after seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and will bring her back again to her traffic: and she shall commit fornication again with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et erit post septuaginta annos : visitabit Dominus Tyrum, et reducet eam ad mercedes suas, et rursum fornicabitur cum universis regnis terræ super faciem terræ ;
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἔσται ἐμπόριον πάσαις ταῖς βασιλείαις τῆς οἰκουμένης ἐπὶ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְהָיָ֞ה מִקֵּ֣ץ שִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֗ה יִפְקֹ֤ד יְהוָה֙ אֶת צֹ֔ר וְשָׁבָ֖ה לְאֶתְנַנָּ֑ה וְזָֽנְתָ֛ה אֶת כָּל מַמְלְכ֥וֹת הָאָ֖רֶץ עַל פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Commit. Septuagint, "be the emporium for all." Great injustice prevailed formerly among merchants, so that it is represented as a dishonest calling. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
Aphrahat Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations, Of Wars
9. And again (God) said to him: Thou wast with the Cherub who was anointed and overshadowing . For the king, who was anointed with the holy oil, was called a Cherub. And he was overshadowing all his people, as Jeremiah said: The anointed of the Lord is the breath of our nostrils, he of whom we said that in his shadow shall we live amongst the Gentiles . For they were sitting in the shadow of the king, while he was standing at their head. And when the crown of their head fell, they were without shade. And if any one should say that this word is spoken concerning Christ, let him receive that which I write for him without disputation, and thus he will be persuaded that it was said with reference to the king. For Jeremiah said in behalf of the people: Woe unto us, for the crown of our head has fallen ! But Christ has not fallen, because He rose again the third day. …
Aphrahat Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations, Of Persecution
6. Consider and observe, my hearer, that if God had given a hope to Sodom and to her fellows, He would not have overthrown them with fire and brimstone, the sign of the last day of the world, but would have delivered them over to one of the kingdoms to be chastised. As it is written that when Jeremiah caused the nations and kingdoms to drink the cup of wrath, he said concerning each one of the cities, that after they shall drink the cup, I will turn back the captivity of Elam, of Tyre, of Zidon, of the children of Ammon, and of Moab , and of Edom . Concerning each one of these kingdoms he said: In the last days I well turn back her captivity. 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. …