And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
God declared against Tyre at the height of her commercial power that her mainland dependent settlements in the surrounding countryside would be slain by the sword so that they would know that He is God, pronouncing her doom because she rejoiced at Jerusalem's destruction and expected to profit from it. The judgment would begin with Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans in a long siege destroying the mainland city, yet its complete scraping to bare rock to become a place for the spreading of nets remained unfulfilled until Alexander later used the old city's stones and rubble to reach and destroy the island city. Spoken nearly twenty-five hundred years beforehand, the word concerning Tyre has been literally fulfilled in facts still evident today in the barren site of the old city. Together with the fulfilled histories of Babylon, Egypt, Nineveh and the successive world powers, that fulfillment furnishes a colossal and still-growing proof of the divine origin of the prophetic Scriptures. The history proves that cities and their governments are responsible to God and are judged for open, God-defying wickedness unless met by deep repentance and purification of life, warning every proud and thrifty city that forgets God that it invites destruction by the sword.
Tyre's Destruction Foretold
Her daughters in the field are her mainland dependent settlements in the surrounding countryside, and they will be slain by the sword, and by that calamity they will know that the LORD is God. The warning belongs to a judgment against a city whose dependent settlements are destroyed so that people recognize the Lord, a lesson for cities and people who forget and defy God. It is part of God's prophecy against Tyre, one of the prophecies concerning other nations and against the nations in Ezekiel 25-31, and more particularly in Ezekiel 26-28 giving the ruin of Tyre and the lamentation over her destruction, foretelling the destruction of Tyre and Sidon and the utter destruction of Tyre. It was spoken when Tyre was at the height of her power, declaring that God was against her and would cause many nations to come up against her as the sea causes its waves to come up, to destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, to tread down all her streets with the hoofs of horses, to scrape her dust from her and make her like the top of a rock, to make her a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, and to lay her stones and timber and dust in the midst of the water.
The prophecy was given through Ezekiel during twenty-two years of pleading with Israel to turn to God, using the kingdoms on all sides of Israel as illustrations of how God brings down pride. It declared Tyre's doom because the great commercial city of the world rejoiced at Jerusalem's destruction and expected to profit from its ruin. The judgment would begin with Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans in a long siege and destruction of the mainland city. His work fulfilled the destroying of the walls, the breaking down of the towers, and the treading down of all the streets with the hoofs of horses, though many of its citizens would escape.
He whom the false prophets said was not coming against Jerusalem would capture Tyre, and from Tyre would conquer Jerusalem. The scraping of Tyre to bare rock and the laying of her stones and timber and dust in the midst of the water remained unfulfilled after him. Later Alexander used old Tyre's stones and rubble to build a way to the island city, which he captured and destroyed.
The verse means Tyre would be struck by the sword and utterly wiped out of existence, scraped of dust to be like the top of a rock and made a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea. The old city of Tyre, the former metropolis of Phoenicia, would be made barren and desolate, a condition still seen in the barren site of the old city. That old site stands distinct from the new city built on what was formerly an island but is now joined to the mainland by a narrow stretch of sand. From Tyre the prophecy rises to Satan, the instigator of all her wickedness, at one time one of the covering cherubs but now fallen, the king of Tyre whose utter destruction to ashes with nevermore any being is also predicted.
Prophecy Proved and Applied
The word concerning Tyre was spoken centuries beforehand, nearly twenty-five hundred years ago, and has been literally fulfilled. The fulfillment is evident today in the existing facts of Tyre, as one of the prophecies concerning other nations whose present fulfillment can be seen. That fulfillment included the Chaldeans' destruction of the city, though many of its citizens escaped. The prophecy belongs to the prophecies against the nations in chapters 25-31, which include Tyre.
Together with the fulfilled histories of the Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Greek and Roman powers, and the fulfilled prophecies concerning Babylon, Egypt, Nineveh and the dispersion of the Jews, the fulfilled prophecy of Tyre in Ezekiel 26:3-14 furnishes a colossal and still-growing argument for the divine origin of the prophetic Scriptures. Fulfilled prophecy thus confronts the present as the greatest miracle and seal of God.
The history of Tyre proves that cities are judged and punished or rewarded by the God of heaven. Its destruction stands as one example of judgment against wickedness, and specifically against open, flaunting, God-defying wickedness. A city and its government are responsible to God, and political and social evils bring His judgment unless met by deep and genuine repentance toward God and firm determination to purify private, social and political life according to His revealed will. Tyre stands with Babylon and Nineveh, with Sidon, with Rome and Paris as proof of this truth.
The slaying of Tyre's mainland settlements by the sword, with the resulting knowledge that the LORD is God, serves as a warning to cities and people who forget and defy God. A proud, thrifty city invites destruction by the sword through its wickedness. The same law explains the ruin of San Francisco, a modern proud Babylon and modern thrifty Tyre, whose catastrophe was the fruit of awful wickedness and the mercy of God rather than an avenging God striking arbitrarily.
God declared against Tyre at the height of her commercial power that her mainland dependent settlements in the surrounding countryside would be slain by the sword so that they would know that He is God, pronouncing her doom because she rejoiced at Jerusalem's destruction and expected to profit from it. The judgment would begin with Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans in a long siege destroying the mainland city, yet its complete scraping to bare rock to become a place for the spreading of nets remained unfulfilled until Alexander later used the old city's stones and rubble to reach and destroy the island city. Spoken nearly twenty-five hundred years beforehand, the word concerning Tyre has been literally fulfilled in facts still evident today in the barren site of the old city. Together with the fulfilled histories of Babylon, Egypt, Nineveh and the successive world powers, that fulfillment furnishes a colossal and still-growing proof of the divine origin of the prophetic Scriptures. The history proves that cities and their governments are responsible to God and are judged for open, God-defying wickedness unless met by deep repentance and purification of life, warning every proud and thrifty city that forgets God that it invites destruction by the sword.
Tyre's Destruction Foretold
Her daughters in the field are her mainland dependent settlements in the surrounding countryside, and they will be slain by the sword, and by that calamity they will know that the LORD is God. The warning belongs to a judgment against a city whose dependent settlements are destroyed so that people recognize the Lord, a lesson for cities and people who forget and defy God. It is part of God's prophecy against Tyre, one of the prophecies concerning other nations and against the nations in Ezekiel 25-31, and more particularly in Ezekiel 26-28 giving the ruin of Tyre and the lamentation over her destruction, foretelling the destruction of Tyre and Sidon and the utter destruction of Tyre. It was spoken when Tyre was at the height of her power, declaring that God was against her and would cause many nations to come up against her as the sea causes its waves to come up, to destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, to tread down all her streets with the hoofs of horses, to scrape her dust from her and make her like the top of a rock, to make her a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, and to lay her stones and timber and dust in the midst of the water.
The prophecy was given through Ezekiel during twenty-two years of pleading with Israel to turn to God, using the kingdoms on all sides of Israel as illustrations of how God brings down pride. It declared Tyre's doom because the great commercial city of the world rejoiced at Jerusalem's destruction and expected to profit from its ruin. The judgment would begin with Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans in a long siege and destruction of the mainland city. His work fulfilled the destroying of the walls, the breaking down of the towers, and the treading down of all the streets with the hoofs of horses, though many of its citizens would escape.
He whom the false prophets said was not coming against Jerusalem would capture Tyre, and from Tyre would conquer Jerusalem. The scraping of Tyre to bare rock and the laying of her stones and timber and dust in the midst of the water remained unfulfilled after him. Later Alexander used old Tyre's stones and rubble to build a way to the island city, which he captured and destroyed.
The verse means Tyre would be struck by the sword and utterly wiped out of existence, scraped of dust to be like the top of a rock and made a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea. The old city of Tyre, the former metropolis of Phoenicia, would be made barren and desolate, a condition still seen in the barren site of the old city. That old site stands distinct from the new city built on what was formerly an island but is now joined to the mainland by a narrow stretch of sand. From Tyre the prophecy rises to Satan, the instigator of all her wickedness, at one time one of the covering cherubs but now fallen, the king of Tyre whose utter destruction to ashes with nevermore any being is also predicted.
Prophecy Proved and Applied
The word concerning Tyre was spoken centuries beforehand, nearly twenty-five hundred years ago, and has been literally fulfilled. The fulfillment is evident today in the existing facts of Tyre, as one of the prophecies concerning other nations whose present fulfillment can be seen. That fulfillment included the Chaldeans' destruction of the city, though many of its citizens escaped. The prophecy belongs to the prophecies against the nations in chapters 25-31, which include Tyre.
Together with the fulfilled histories of the Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Greek and Roman powers, and the fulfilled prophecies concerning Babylon, Egypt, Nineveh and the dispersion of the Jews, the fulfilled prophecy of Tyre in Ezekiel 26:3-14 furnishes a colossal and still-growing argument for the divine origin of the prophetic Scriptures. Fulfilled prophecy thus confronts the present as the greatest miracle and seal of God.
The history of Tyre proves that cities are judged and punished or rewarded by the God of heaven. Its destruction stands as one example of judgment against wickedness, and specifically against open, flaunting, God-defying wickedness. A city and its government are responsible to God, and political and social evils bring His judgment unless met by deep and genuine repentance toward God and firm determination to purify private, social and political life according to His revealed will. Tyre stands with Babylon and Nineveh, with Sidon, with Rome and Paris as proof of this truth.
The slaying of Tyre's mainland settlements by the sword, with the resulting knowledge that the LORD is God, serves as a warning to cities and people who forget and defy God. A proud, thrifty city invites destruction by the sword through its wickedness. The same law explains the ruin of San Francisco, a modern proud Babylon and modern thrifty Tyre, whose catastrophe was the fruit of awful wickedness and the mercy of God rather than an avenging God striking arbitrarily.