1-6 Tyrus, for insulting against Jerusalem, is threatened with destruction 7-14 The power of Nebuchadnezzar against her 15-21 The mourning and astonishment of the sea at her fall

Eze 1:2 8:1 20:1 Jer 39:2

2 Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:

Tyrus Eze 27:1-28:26 Jos 19:29 Ps 83:7 Isa 23:1-18 Jer 25:22 27:3 47:4 Joe 3:4 Am 1:9,10 Zec 9:2-4

Aha Eze 25:2,3,6 36:2 Ps 35:21 40:15 70:3 83:2-4

the gates La 1:1 Ac 2:5-10

she is Eze 25:10 Jer 49:1

3 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

Behold These verses (3-6) contain a summary prediction of what befell both the continental and insular Tyre, during a long succession of ages. The former was totally destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, after a siege of thirteen years, B.C. 573; and the latter, which arose out of its ruins, after seventy years recovered its ancient wealth and splendour, as foretold by Isaiah, (ch. 23. 15-17) After it was taken and burnt by Alexander, B.C. 332, it speedily recovered its strength and dignity, and nineteen years afterwards withstood both the fleets and armies of Antigonus. Agreeably to the prophetic declarations, (Ps. 45:12 72:10 is 23:18 zec 9:1-7.), it was early converted to Christianity; and after being successively taken by the Saracens, Christians, Mamalukes, and Turks, in whose hands it still remains, it became a `a place for the spreading of nets.'

I am Eze 5:8 21:3 28:22 38:3 Jer 21:13 50:31 Na 2:12

many Mic 4:11 Zec 14:2

as the sea Eze 27:26,32-34 Ps 93:3,4 107:25 Isa 5:30 Jer 6:23 51:42 Lu 21:25

4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

destroy Eze 26:9 Isa 23:11 Jer 5:10 Am 1:10 Zec 9:3

I Eze 26:12 Le 14:41-45

make Eze 24:7,8

5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

the spreading Eze 26:14,19 27:32 47:10

and it Eze 25:7 29:19

6 And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

her daughters Eze 26:8 16:46,48 Jer 49:2

and they Eze 25:5,7 11:14,17

7 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.

I will Eze 26:3 28:7 29:18-20 30:10,11 32:11,12 Jer 25:9,22 27:3-6

a king Eze 17:14 Ezr 7:12 Isa 10:8 Jer 52:32 Da 2:37,47 Ho 8:10

with horses Eze 26:10,11 23:24 Jer 4:13 6:23 Na 2:3,4 3:2,3

8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.

he shall make Eze 21:22 2Sa 20:15 Jer 52:4

cast a mount. or, pour out the engine of shot. Jer 6:6 32:24

9 And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

2Ch 26:15

10 By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.

the abundance Eze 26:7 Jer 47:3

shake Eze 26:15 27:28 Na 2:3,4

enter Jos 6:5,20

as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. or, according to the enterings of a city broken up.

11 With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.

hoofs Isa 5:28 Jer 51:27 Hab 1:8

thy Isa 26:5

12 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

make a spoil Eze 26:5 Mt 6:19,20

thy merchandise Eze 27:3-36 Isa 23:8,11,17,18 Zec 9:3,4 Re 18:11-18

thy pleasant houses [heb] houses of thy desire 2Ch 32:27 36:10 Isa 32:12 Jer 25:34 Da 11:8 Ho 13:15 Am 5:11 Na 2:9 Zec 7:14

they shalt lay. The ruins of old Tyre contributed much to the taking of the new city; for with the stones, timber, and rubbish, Alexander built a bank, or causeway, from the continent to the island, thereby literally fulfilling the words of the prophet.

13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

Eze 28:13 Isa 14:11 22:2 23:7,16 24:8,9 Jer 7:34 16:9 25:10 Ho 2:11 Am 6:4-7 Jas 5:1-5 Re 18:22,23

14 And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

I will. Old Tyre was never rebuilt after its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar; and there are now no traces left to mark its site. The new city, when visited by Maundrell, Bruce, and other travellers, was literally `a place for fishers to dry their nets on'

like Eze 26:4,5,12

be built De 13:16 Job 12:14 Mal 1:4

for I Eze 5:13,15,17 17:21-24 21:32 22:14 30:12 Nu 23:19 Job 40:8 Isa 14:27 Mt 24:35

15 Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

shake Eze 26:18 27:28,35 31:16 32:10 Isa 2:19 Jer 49:21 Heb 12:26,27

16 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.

all the princes Eze 27:29-36 32:21-32 Isa 14:9-13 23:1-8 Re 18:11-19

come Ex 33:4,5 Job 2:12 Jon 3:6

clothe Eze 7:8 Job 8:22 Ps 35:26 109:18,29 132:18 1Pe 5:5

trembling [heb] tremblings
sit Job 2:13 Isa 3:26 47:1 52:2 La 2:10

tremble Eze 32:10 Ex 15:15 Da 5:6 Ho 11:10 Re 18:15

be astonished Eze 27:35

17 And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!

take Eze 19:1,14 27:2,32 28:12 32:2,16 Jer 6:26 7:29 9:20 Mic 2:4

How art 2Sa 1:19,25-27 Isa 14:12 La 1:1 Joe 1:18 Ob 1:5 Zep 2:15 Re 18:9,10 18:16-19

seafaring men [heb] the seas
strong Jos 19:29 Isa 23:4,8

18 Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.

the isles tremble Eze 26:15 27:28-30

at thy Isa 23:5-7,10-12

19 For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;

bring Eze 26:3 Isa 8:7,8 Da 9:26 11:40 Re 17:15

20 When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;

I shall bring Eze 32:18-32 Nu 16:30,33 Ps 28:1 Isa 14:11-19 Lu 10:15

in places Job 30:3-6 Ps 88:3-6 Isa 59:10 La 3:6

and I shall set Eze 28:25,26 39:7,25-29 Isa 4:5 Zec 2:8

in the land Eze 32:23,26,27,32 Ps 27:13

21 I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.

a terror [heb] terrors Eze 26:15,16 27:36 28:19

though Eze 26:14 Ps 37:36 Jer 51:64 Re 18:21