Ezekiel 26:11

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.

And thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground - literally, the statues of thy strength; so the forts which are 'monuments of thy strength' [ matsªbowt (H4676) `uzeek (H5797)]. Maurer understands, in stricter agreement with the literal meaning, 'the statues' or 'obelisks erected in honour of the idols, the tutelary gods of Tyre,' as Melecarte, answering to the Grecian Hercules, whose temple stood in Old Tyre (cf. Jeremiah 43:13, margin, The statues or standing images of Bethshemesh, or the house of the sun'). Thus the expression 'statues of thy strength' implies that when these should be cast down, the strength or courage of the Tyrians would fail. Grotius understands it of statues erected to kings of Egypt, and other kings in alliance with Tyre and hostile to Babylon. These would of course "go down to the ground" on its capture by Nebuchadnezzar.