Ezekiel, Jonah, and Pastoral Epistles by Patrick Fairbairn - Ezekiel 26:3 - 26:6

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Ezekiel, Jonah, and Pastoral Epistles by Patrick Fairbairn - Ezekiel 26:3 - 26:6


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This coming doom of Tyre is described with graphic energy, and, in respect to its last issues, in four simple verses:

Eze_26:3. Therefore, thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against thee, Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea makes his waves to come up.

Eze_26:4. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: and I will sweep off her dust from her, and render her a bare rock.

Eze_26:5. A spreading-ground for nets shall she be in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken, saith the Lord Jehovah; and she shall become a spoil to the nations.

Eze_26:6. And her daughters that are in the field (I the filial or dependent towns and villages on the Phœnician coast) shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am Jehovah (Eze_26:3-6).

There is nowhere to be found in prophecy so striking and minute a description of the melancholy reverse which was to take place in the fortunes of Tyre, and of the utter prostration to which she was to be reduced. But before looking at the particular parts of the description, and inquiring how far it corresponds with the facts of history, we must bring into view the next section, which connects with the coming desolation the instruments that were to be employed in producing it.