Isaiah 23

The prophet delivers a mournful oracle against Tyre, the great Phoenician maritime trading city. The prophet describes the devastation as the ships returning from Tarshish find the city completely destroyed. Tyre, once the merchant capital of the world, will be forgotten for seventy years, like the span of a single king. The oracle concludes with a promise that after the seventy years, the city will revive, but its renewed wealth will be consecrated and dedicated to the Lord for the service of His people.