Isaiah 23:16
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Take a harp, go about the city, harlot that hast been forgotten: sing well, sing many a song, that thou mayst be remembered.

Proverbs 7:10-12 Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home, . . .

Jeremiah 30:14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee, and will not seek after thee: for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with cruel chastisement: by reason of the multitude of thy iniquities, thy sins are hardened.

Context
The Fall of Tyre
15And it shall come to pass in that day that thou, O Tyre, shalt be forgotten, seventy years, according to the days of one king: but after seventy years, there shall be unto Tyre as the song of a harlot. 16Take a harp, go about the city, harlot that hast been forgotten: sing well, sing many a song, that thou mayst be remembered.17And it shall come to pass after seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and will bring her back again to her traffic: and she shall commit fornication again with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.…
Cross References
Isaiah 23:15
And it shall come to pass in that day that thou, O Tyre, shalt be forgotten, seventy years, according to the days of one king: but after seventy years, there shall be unto Tyre as the song of a harlot.

Isaiah 23:17
And it shall come to pass after seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and will bring her back again to her traffic: and she shall commit fornication again with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

Ezekiel 26:13
And I will make the multitude of thy songs to cease, and the sound of thy harps shall be heard no more.

Lexicon
Take up
קְחִ֥י (qə·ḥî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

your harp,
כִנּ֛וֹר (ḵin·nō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3658: A harp

stroll through
סֹ֥בִּי (sōb·bî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

the city,
עִ֖יר (‘îr)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

O forgotten
נִשְׁכָּחָ֑ה (niš·kā·ḥāh)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention

harlot;
זוֹנָ֣ה (zō·w·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

make sweet
הֵיטִ֤יבִי (hê·ṭî·ḇî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing

melody,
נַגֵּן֙ (nag·gên)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5059: To touch or play a stringed instrument

sing many
הַרְבִּי־ (har·bî-)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7235: To be or become much, many or great

a song,
שִׁ֔יר (šîr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7892: A song, singing

so you will be remembered.
תִּזָּכֵֽרִי׃ (tiz·zā·ḵê·rî)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male


Additional Translations
Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot; make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.Take an harp, go about the city, you harlot that have been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.

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

Take a harp, go about, O city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; play well on the harp, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

Take a harp, go about the city, thou forgotten harlot! Make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

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

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

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

Take a harp, go round the city, O forgotten harlot, play well, Multiply song that thou mayest be remembered.
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