Ezekiel 26:14

“And I will make thee like the top of a rock, &c.] Smooth and bare; (See Gill on “<262604>Ezekiel 26:4”): and thou shall be a place to spread nets upon; (see Gill on “<262605>Ezekiel 26:5”): thou shalt be built no more: this must be understood with some restriction and limitation; as that it should not be built any more in the same stately manner; or be raised to royal dignity, and be governed in the grand manner it had been; or be built upon the same spot; or after its last destruction, to which the prophecy may have respect; it being usual in Scripture for prophecies to regard what is more remote as well as more near; for, upon the destruction of it by Nebuchadnezzar, it was to be restored…”

“He concludes in nearly the same words as he began (Eze 26:4-5). built no more--fulfilled as to the mainland Tyre, under Nebuchadnezzar. The insular Tyre recovered partly, after seventy years (Isa 23:17-18), but again suffered under Alexander, then under Antigonus, then under the Saracens at the beginning of the fourteenth century. Now its harbors are choked with sand, precluding all hope of future restoration, "not one entire house is left, and only a few fishermen take shelter in the vaults" [MAUNDRELL]. So accurately has God's word come to pass.”

“The description of the siege is that of a town invested by land. Ezekiel 26:7 Nebuchadrezzar - Jeremiah 21:2 note. Ezekiel 26:8 Lift up the buckler - i. e., set a wall of shields, under cover of which the walls could be approached. Ezekiel 26:9 Engines of war - Or, his battering ram. “axes” swords. They who would break flown the towers, rush on with their swords to slay the defenders. Ezekiel 26:11 Garrisons - pillars, on which stood statues of some protecting god. Compare 2 Kings 10:26. Ezekiel 26:14 The siege had been on land, but the victory was to be completed by the subjection of the island-citadel. return to 'Top of Page'”

“No more - Tho' there was a city of that name built, yet it was built on the continent; and in propriety of speech, was another city. Ezekiel 26:15”

“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: Eze 26:4, Eze 26:5, Eze 26:12 be built: Deu 13:16; Job 12:14; Mal 1:4 for I: Eze 5:13, Eze 5:15, Eze 5:17, Eze 17:21-24, Eze 21:32, Eze 22:14, Eze 30:12; Num 23:19; Job 40:8; Isa 14:27; Mat 24:35 Ezekiel 26:15”