Isa 23:1, 7, Eze 26:13-14, Rev 18:22 | TSK | STEP | The miserable overthrow of Tyre. Her restoration and whoredoms. A.M. 3289. B.C. 715. burden.Tyre, whose destruction by Nebuchadnezzar is here foretold, was a city of Phoenicia, on the shore of the Mediterranean, twenty-four miles south of Sidon, and thirty-two north of Accho or Ptolemais, according to the Antonine and Jerusalem Itineraries, about lat. 33 degrees 18' N. long. 35 degrees 10' E. There were two cities of this name; one on the continent called Palæ Tyrus, or Old Tyre, according to Strabo, thirty stadia south of the other, which was situated on an island, not above 700 paces from the main land, says Pliny. Old Tyre was taken by Nebuchadnezzar, after a siege of thirteen years, B.C. 573, which he so utterly destroyed, that it never afterwards rose higher than a village. But previous to this, the inhabitants had removed their effects to the island which afterwards became so famous by the name of Tyre, though now consisting only of about 800 dwellings. Howl. ye ships. for it is. the land.

Isaiah 23:1

1 The miserable overthrow of Tyre.

15 Her restoration and whoredoms.

A.M. 3289. B.C. 715. burden.Tyre, whose destruction by Nebuchadnezzar is here foretold, was a city of Phoenicia, on the shore of the Mediterranean, twenty-four miles south of Sidon, and thirty-two north of Accho or Ptolemais, according to the Antonine and Jerusalem Itineraries, about lat. 33 degrees 18' N. long. 35 degrees 10' E. There were two cities of this name; one on the continent called Palæ Tyrus, or Old Tyre, according to Strabo, thirty stadia south of the other, which was situated on an island, not above 700 paces from the main land, says Pliny. Old Tyre was taken by Nebuchadnezzar, after a siege of thirteen years, B.C. 573, which he so utterly destroyed, that it never afterwards rose higher than a village. But previous to this, the inhabitants had removed their effects to the island which afterwards became so famous by the name of Tyre, though now consisting only of about 800 dwellings.

Jer 25:15,22; 47:4; Eze 26:1-28:25; Joe 3:4-8; Am 1:9,10

Zec 9:2,4

Howl.

15:2,8; Re 18:17-19

ye ships.

2:16; 60:9; 1Ki 22:48; 2Ch 9:21; Ps 48:7; Eze 27:25

for it is.

15:1; Jer 25:10,11; Re 18:22,23

the land.

12; Nu 24:24; Jer 2:10; Eze 27:6; Da 11:30

Isaiah 23:7

your.

22:2

whose.

Jos 19:29

her own.

47:1,2; Ec 10:7

afar off. Heb. from afar off.

Ezekiel 26:13-14

28:13; Isa 14:11; 22:2; 23:7,16; 24:8,9; Jer 7:34; 16:9; 25:10

Ho 2:11; Am 6:4-7; Jas 5:1-5; Re 18:22,23

I will.Old Tyre was never rebuilt after its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar; and there are now no traces left to mark its site. The new city, when visited by Maundrell, Bruce, and other travellers, was literally "a place for fishers to dry their nets on."

like.

4,5,12

be built.

De 13:16; Job 12:14; Mal 1:4

for I.

5:13,15,17; 17:21-24; 21:32; 22:14; 30:12; Nu 23:19; Job 40:8

Isa 14:27; Mt 24:35

Revelation of John 18:22

the voice.

Isa 24:8,9; Jer 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11; Eze 26:13