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Isaiah 23:16

Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

KJV

Sume citharam, circui civitatem, meretrix oblivioni tradita : bene cane, frequenta canticum, ut memoria tui sit.

Vulgate

λάβε κιθάραν, ῥέμβευσον πόλεις πόρνη ἐπιλελησμένη, καλῶς κιθάρισον, πολλὰ ᾆσον, ἵνα σου μνεία γένηται. καὶ ἔσται μετὰ τὰ ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη ἐπισκοπὴν ποιήσει ὁ θεὸς Τύρου, καὶ πάλιν ἀποκαταστήσεται εἰς τὸ ἀρχαῖον,

LXX

Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

ASV

קְחִ֥י כִנּ֛וֹר סֹ֥בִּי עִ֖יר זוֹנָ֣ה נִשְׁכָּחָ֑ה הֵיטִ֤יבִי נַגֵּן֙ הַרְבִּי שִׁ֔יר לְמַ֖עַן תִּזָּכֵֽרִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
זְכָר
zkr
verb · 231×
זוֹנָ֔ה
zvnh
verb · 92×
יִיטַ֥ב
yytb
verb · 111×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
כִנּ֗וֹר
knvr
noun · 42×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
מְנַגֵּ֥ן
mngn
verb · 15×
נִי
ny
verb · 158×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
שִׁ֥יר
shyr
noun · 91×
שָׁכָֽחְתִּי
shkchty
verb · 102×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 26:13 — And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
  • Ezek 28:13 — Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,
  • Jer 30:14 — All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins
  • Prov 7:10 — And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
  • Prov 7:10 — And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.