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# It will come about that
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This phrase is used here to mark an important event that will happen. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.
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# seventy years
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"70 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# Yahweh will help Tyre
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Here "Tyre" represents the people who live in Tyre. Alternate translation: "Yahweh will help the people of Tyre" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# she will start making money again by doing the work of a prostitute ... of the earth
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Isaiah compares the people of Tyre with a prostitute. Just as the prostitute sells herself for money to any man, the people of Tyre will again buy and sell to all kingdoms. Alternate translation: "And like a prostitute they will buy and sell will all the kingdoms of the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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