Trust in Him, and your sins will be blotted out as if they had never been. (Meyer), iii. "Thy pillars shall be brought down to the ground " (Ezekiel 26:11). O renowned city, It is worth noting that in mercy, God delayed this final destruction of Tyre for many centuries, even until the 14th century. All of these prophecies were most circumstantially fulfilled. Throughout the book of Ezekiel many references have been made to the king of Babylon, but Ezekiel 26:7 is the first mention of Nebuchadnezzar by name. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. The American archaeologist Edward Robinson saw forty or fifty marble columns beneath the water along the shores of Tyre. (Feinberg). "Tyre was the incarnation of unrestrained commercialism. They shall destroy the walls of Tyre (Ezekiel 26:4); I will scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock (Ezekiel 26:4); she shall become a spoil to the nations (Ezekiel 26:5); many nations shall come up against thee, as the waves of the sea (Ezekiel 26:3).
Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. It was Jezebel, the daughter of Eth-Baal, king of the Sidonians, who brought the whole pagan institution into Israel in the days of Ahab, precipitating the contest with Elijah on Mount Carmel. "It is true that the insular Tyre afterward attained some distinction, but the ancient continental city never recovered from her ruin."[27]. I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt, for I the LORD have spoken, says the Lord GOD. This spelling of his name was thought to be more correct than Nebuchadnezzar, being closer to the Babylonian Nabukudurri-usur, but both forms are found in the Hebrew Bible and Nebuchadnezzar may have been the common western Aramaic form. (Taylor), iii. Our view here is that every Word of God's prophecy against Tyre came to pass exactly as he promised. I will put an end to the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more. Keep in mind that in ancient days, the prophets sometimes used funeral lamentations in a satirical manner to poke fun at the enemies of God. (Wiersbe), ii. Other ancient Near Easterners recognized the realm of the dead to be ruled by the god of the netherworld, the King of Terrors, as far as Ezekiel and all orthodox Yahwists are concerned, Yahweh exercises full control over life and death. "[22], "Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: 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 the great waters shall cover thee; then will I bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make thee to dwell in the nether part of the earth, in the places that are desolate of old, that thou be not inhabited; and I will set glory in the land of the living. However, in that passage Ezekiel was referring only to a "single wave" of the many that came against Tyre. Incidentally, that development demonstrated the godless influence of Israel's apostate kings and their foreign wives. [5] The chief representatives of Tyre in all of such centers were important leaders, called `princes' in this chapter, "the merchant princes" of antiquity. [19] "That part of the city that lay on the rocky island, recovered after a lapse of seventy years, as predicted by the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 23:17-18). In the practical sense, "Tyre is here compared to the dead who are placed in their tombs and then are heard no more in the land of the living. O one inhabited by seafaring men, And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. On one occasion they had even sold the Israelites to Edom (Amos 1:9). ii. "A roof of shields " (Ezekiel 26:8). )[10] and any worse "defeat" than such a siege can hardly be imagined. (Block). "The isles " (Ezekiel 26:15,18). Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at thee. The resurrection does not appear here, but simply a murky, shadowy, existence alongside the peoples of old and the ruins of the past. Here, Ezekiel actually used a slightly different form of his name (Nebuchadrezzar), often used in Babylonian writings. Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants! Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. (Arabic) , Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, Copyright - Enduring Word | . "[15] In these supporting villages were located many of those "pleasant houses," riches, and merchandise, which fell to the operations of Nebuchadnezzar. The necessity for the destructive punishment of Israel had given her pagan neighbors the excuse to claim that the True God had been defeated; therefore, the pagan nations themselves were destroyed. In a passage like this, we can understand why the New Testament declares that, "Christ Jesus abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel." "The princes shall come down from their thrones " (Ezekiel 26:15). There were numerous villages and cities on the mainland that were commercially and politically related to Tyre. "[20], "Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? The destruction would be so complete that the city would be bare like the top of a rock, and a place for spreading nets in the midst of the sea. Will the coastlands not shake at the sound of your fall: The fall of the great city of Tyre would be a horror and a warning to the other cities on the Mediterranean coast. It is rightly understood that Ezekiel was carrying the picture beyond Nebuchadnezzar to other invaders as well who would complete what he began. (Feinberg). b. It is of interest that, "In the Hebrew Bible, there is a marginal note at the beginning of this chapter, which reads, `half of the book. They were agents of Tyre, and the meaning here is that the source of their power, wealth, and glory had dried up. Starting at verse 12, the destruction comes at the hands of they that is, the succeeding waves of many nations of invaders and conquerors mentioned in Ezekiel 26:3-6. i. Commentators have long noticed the change of pronoun from the he of the previous verses to the they of verse 12. Now shall the isles tremble in the days of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be dismayed at thy departure. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. iii. i. The colonies of Phoenicia were in Cyprus, Rhodes, Malta, Spain, Sicily, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands and Africa, with all looking to Tyre as their headquarters, and sending annual gifts to the Tyrian Heracles. (Feinberg). i. That God would scrape her dust from her took place when Alexander the Great built a great mole out to the island fortress, took it, and then scraped the whole city into the ocean! I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; though you are sought for, you will never be found again, says the Lord GOD.. "And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Son of man, because that Tyre hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gate of the people; she is turned unto me; I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste: therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth its waves to come up. In New Testament times, The Lord Jesus did bring his preaching and healing ministry to this heathen city (Matt 15:21; Mark 7:2431; Luke 6:17). First, there was Nebuchadnezzar (586-573 B.C); the Persians next subjugated Tyre in 525 B.C. Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you: The army of Nebuchadnezzar would be so massive that their horses would kick up a cloud of dust big enough to cover the city. c. They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers: Despite her strongly defended position, God promised that Tyre would indeed be destroyed. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. And they shall take up a lamentation over thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that west inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city that was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, that caused their terror to be on all that dwelt there! "The renowned city that caused her terror to fall upon all " (Ezekiel 26:17). He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field; and he shall make forts against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and raise up the buckler against thee. "For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: For behold I will bring upon Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a company, and much people. a. I bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon: God promised that the same king who destroyed Jerusalem would also attack and subdue Tyre. i. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored.
These included their submission to the Antiochus III, to Rome in the days of that empire, and to the Saracens in the fourteenth century A.D.[13] Is not this indeed "as the sea causeth her waves to come up?". A few commentators, quoting Ezekiel 29:18, insist that "this prophecy was not fulfilled." She and her inhabitants, Changes will take effect once you reload the page. '"[1], Regarding the date of this chapter, Keil identified it as "the year in which Jerusalem fell. ii. "This passage gives the impression that the pit is identical with Sheol, the realm of the dead, which appears here as a place of no return and of utter lostness. One of the most notable was Alexander the Great in 332 BC, who brought great destruction. Never be found again: Unlike the surrounding nature religions, in which one of the deities (Baal in Canaan, Tammuz in Babylon) was thought to die each autumn and be banished to the netherworld, where he remained until his annual resurrection in the spring, when Yahweh banishes someone to Sheol and closes the door to the Pit, it is sealed. ii. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. 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 waters. In addition to the supporting cities and villages on the mainland, Tyre had also established a wide network of commercial establishments all over the Mediterranean world, which some believe included Tarshish on the coast of Spain; and, at one time, Carthage paid a yearly tribute to Tyre. It truly became a place for spreading nets. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses: In the centuries after Nebuchadnezzars conquest of Tyre, many other nations came against her like the waves of the sea prophesied in Ezekiel 26:3-6. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. "These daughters were the suburbs and dependences on the mainland. Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall; i. In Ezekiel 26:17-18 we have a brief lamentation over the fall of the city. They destroyed the city so thoroughly that its remains have only been found with great time and difficulty. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. Salvation for mankind could never have been accomplished without the general knowledge of all mankind that God is, and that there is none else besides Him.
