Bible Prophesy - Tyre (1 Of 3)

Isaiah 23
1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

Here, is the prophesy of the judgement of Tyre, the Phoenician city, the commerical center, the harlot.

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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.

And, after seventy years, still a harlot, she is singing and, back in business. But now this harlot will serve  beneficial purposes.

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18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

This harlot, this city in Phenice, will, in the end, serve God's purpose.  She will be one of the first centers of Christianity.

Acts 11
19 Now they [the first ministers of the Gospel] which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.