23:15 At that time 1 Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, 2 the typical life span of a king. 3 At the end of seventy years Tyre will try to attract attention again, like the prostitute in the popular song: 4
30:29 You will sing
as you do in the evening when you are celebrating a festival.
You will be happy like one who plays a flute
as he goes to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock who shelters Israel. 5
1 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.
2 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.
3 tn Heb “like the days of a king.”
4 tn Heb “At the end of seventy years it will be for Tyre like the song of the prostitute.”
5 tn Heb “[you will have] joy of heart, like the one going with a flute to enter the mountain of the Lord to the Rock of Israel.” The image here is not a foundational rock, but a rocky cliff where people could hide for protection (for example, the fortress of Masada).