Isaías 23:15

Isa 23:15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.

Ver. 15. Tyre shall be forgotten, ] i.e., Laid aside by God, as if not at all minded in her misery: slighted also and unfrequented by men, as a withered harlot.

Seventy years. ] So long as the Jews, whom they jeered, were held captives in Babylon.

According to the days of one king, ] i.e., The duration of the Babylonish monarchy, under Nebuchadnezzar, his son, and his son’s son. Jer 27:7

Shall Tyre sing as an harlot. ] Ut meretrix, i.e., Mercatrix. Harlots fallen into some foul disease are abandoned; but recovering thereof, they seek, by singing and other allurements, to regain their paramours; so should Tyre deal by her old customers, being, as was once said of Helena after her return from Troy, ηη παλαι γυνη , no changeling, but as good as ever.