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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, çç ðáëáé ãõíç , no changeling, but as good as ever.