And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD.
The declaration is that the king and his princes will go together into captivity, and this is spoken as a judgment of the Lord. That message was given at a time when prosperity in Israel concealed violence, injustice, and corruption.
The prophecy foretells the destruction of Tyre by the Chaldeans. Many of the city's people will escape that overthrow, but they will find no rest in the places to which they flee for refuge. After seventy years the city will be restored. It will afterward be destroyed again and will lose its former importance. In the end it will be brought into the worship of the true God.
The declaration is that the king and his princes will go together into captivity, and this is spoken as a judgment of the Lord. That message was given at a time when prosperity in Israel concealed violence, injustice, and corruption.
The prophecy foretells the destruction of Tyre by the Chaldeans. Many of the city's people will escape that overthrow, but they will find no rest in the places to which they flee for refuge. After seventy years the city will be restored. It will afterward be destroyed again and will lose its former importance. In the end it will be brought into the worship of the true God.