REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. List five specific predictions made against Tyre. How was each fulfilled? 2. Who does Ezekiel name specifically as an agent of Tyre's destruction? 3. What damage did Alexander the Great inflict upon Tyre? 4. Has the prediction about Tyre never being rebuilt been fulfilled... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER THIRTEEN JUDGMENT ON TYRE AND SIDON 26:1-28:26 The Phoenician seaport cities of Tyre and Sidon next come under the purview of the prophet. Tyre, the more important of the two cities, receives far more attention seventy-six verses as compared to but four verses devoted to Sidon. The lengthy... [ Continue Reading ]
B. The Agents of Destruction 26:7-14 TRANSLATION (7) For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am about to bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, from the north, king of kings, with horses and chariots, horsemen, a company, even much people. (8) He shall slay with the sword your daughters... [ Continue Reading ]
C. The Result of Tyre's Destruction 26:15-18 TRANSLATION (15) Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre: Shall not the islands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst? (16) Then all the princes of the sea shall go down from upon their thrones, and remo... [ Continue Reading ]
D. The Doom of Tyre 26:19-21 TRANSLATION (19) For thus says the Lord GOD: When I shall make you a desolation, like the cities which are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon you, and the great waters shall cover You; (20) then will I bring you down with them that go down to the pit, t... [ Continue Reading ]