Isaiah 23:17

“And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, &c.] When the seventy years before mentioned are ended: that the Lord will visit Tyre; not in judgment, as before, but in mercy: and she shall return to her hire; trade and merchandise; that shall revive, and be as in times past: and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world, upon the face of the earth; be a mart of nations again, as in (<232303>Isaiah 23:3) that is, trade and traffic with all nations of the earth, in the most ample and public manner; this is called committing fornication, in agreement with the simile of a harlot before used, whereunto Tyre is compared; as well as to observe the illicit ways and…”

“visit--not in wrath, but mercy. hire--image from a harlot: her gains by commerce. After the Babylonian dynasty was ended, Tyre was rebuilt; also, again, after the destruction under Alexander.”

“The Lord will visit Tyre - He will restore her to her former wealth and magnificence. And she shall turn to her hire - The word ‘hire’ here denotes the wages or reward that is given to an harlot; and the idea which was commenced in the previous verses is here continued - of Tyre as an harlot - frivolous, splendid, licentious, and holding intercourse with strangers and foreigners. The gains of that commerce with other nations are here represented as her hire. And shall commit fornication ... - Shall again be the mart of commerce Isaiah 23:3; shall have contact with all the nations, and derive her support, splendor, luxury, from all. The idea is, that she would be restored to her former…”

“Visit - In mercy. Her hire - The Hebrew word properly signifies, the hire of an harlot. Fornication - Shall trade promiscuously with people of all nations, as harlots entertain all comers. Isaiah 23:18”

“23:17 Metaphorically, Tyre was a prostitute because of its indifferent willingness to sell anything to anyone (cp. Rev 17:2; 18:3, 12-13).”

“visit: Jer 29:10; Zep 2:7; Act 15:14 and she shall: Deu 23:18; Eze 16:31, Eze 22:13, 27:6-36; Hos 12:7, Hos 12:8; Mic 1:7, Mic 3:11; Ti1 3:3, Ti1 3:8; Pe1 5:2 shall commit: Nah 3:4; Rev 17:2-5, Rev 18:9-14, Rev 19:2 Isaiah 23:18”

“When it begins again to make love to all the world, it will get rich again from the gain acquired by this worldly intercourse. "And it will come to pass at the end of the seventy years: Jehovah will visit Tzor, and she comes again to her hire, and commits prostitution with all the kingdoms of the earth on the broad surface of the globe." Such mercantile trading as hers, which is only bent upon earthly advantages, is called zânâh, on account of its recognising none of the limits opposed by God, and making itself common to all the world, partly because it is a prostitution of the soul, and partly because from the very earliest times the prostitution of the body was also a common thing in…”