As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
Isaiah 23:5 belongs to a prophecy of judgment concerning Tyre, standing among judgments pronounced against various nations and peoples. That prophecy foretells the destruction of Tyre by the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar. It also foretells the escape of many of its citizens, their finding no rest in places of refuge, and the restoration of the city after seventy years. Within that setting the verse declares that the report concerning Tyre would bring severe distress, just as did the report concerning Egypt. The Chaldean destruction under Nebuchadnezzar is distinct from the later destruction under Alexander, when its stones and timber and dust were thrown into the sea to make a bridge to New Tyre.
Isaiah 23:5 belongs to a prophecy of judgment concerning Tyre, standing among judgments pronounced against various nations and peoples. That prophecy foretells the destruction of Tyre by the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar. It also foretells the escape of many of its citizens, their finding no rest in places of refuge, and the restoration of the city after seventy years. Within that setting the verse declares that the report concerning Tyre would bring severe distress, just as did the report concerning Egypt. The Chaldean destruction under Nebuchadnezzar is distinct from the later destruction under Alexander, when its stones and timber and dust were thrown into the sea to make a bridge to New Tyre.