thy merchandise: Eze 27:3-36; Isa 23:8, Isa 23:11, Isa 23:17-18; Zec 9:3-4; Rev 18:11-13
thy pleasant houses: Heb. houses of thy desire, 2Ch 32:27, 2Ch 36:10; Isa 32:12; Jer 25:34; Dan 11:8; Hos 13:15; Amo 5:11; Nah 2:9; Zec 7:14 *marg.
they shall lay: The ruins of old Tyre contributed much to the taking of the new city; for with the stones, timber, and rubbish, Alexander built a bank, or causeway, from the continent to the island, thereby literally fulfilling the words of the prophet.