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Isaiah 23:16

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16*Take your harp, go round the town,

you poor forgotten whore!

Play and sing your songs again

to bring men back once more.

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Cross references

  1. *23.1–18: Ez 26:1–28:19; Jl 3:4; Am 1:9, 10; Zec 9:1–4; Mt 11:21, 22; Lk 10:13, 14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Take a harp;

go about the city,

O forgotten prostitute!

Make sweet melody;

sing many songs,

that you may be remembered.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Take up a harp, walk through the city,

you forgotten prostitute;

play the harp well, sing many a song,

so that you will be remembered.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Pick up your lyre,

stroll through the city,

you forgotten prostitute.

Play skillfully,

sing many a song

so that you will be remembered.

NLTNew Living Translation

Take a harp and walk the streets,

you forgotten harlot.

Make sweet melody and sing your songs

so you will be remembered again.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Take a harp,

go around the city, forgotten prostitute!

Do it well, playing a stringed instrument!

Make numerous songs, that you may be remembered.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten;

Make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.