Isaiah 23:16

WEB

¹⁶Take a harp; go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten. Make sweet melody. Sing many songs, that you may be remembered.

KJV

¹⁶Take^[+] an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

BSB

¹⁶“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

FBV

¹⁶“Take a lyre and walk around the city, forgotten prostitute! Play and sing so people will remember you!”

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Extra References

Proverbs 7:10-12

¹⁰Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent. ¹¹She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house. ¹²Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.

Jeremiah 30:14

¹⁴All your lovers have forgotten you. They don’t seek you. For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased.