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Ezekiel 26:1-14 - a difficult passage.

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The topic's passage is a little bit difficult to deal with. It says Nebuchadnezzar will level the fortress island of Tyre and that Tyre will never be rebuilt, but neither thing happened.

Ezekiel 26:1-14 On the first day of the...month of the eleventh year of our exile, the LORD spoke to me. 2 "Son of man," he said, "this is what the people in the city of Tyre are cheering about. They shout, 'Jerusalem is shattered! Her commercial power is gone! She won't be our rival any more!'

3 "Now then, this is what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: I am your enemy, city of Tyre. I will bring many nations to attack you, and they will come like the waves of the sea. 4 They will destroy your city walls and tear down your towers. Then I will sweep away all the dust and leave only a bare rock. 5 Fishermen will dry their nets on it, there where it stands in the sea. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken. The nations will plunder Tyre, 6 and with their swords they will kill those who live in her towns on the mainland. Then Tyre will know that I am the LORD." 7 The Sovereign LORD says, "I am going to bring the greatest king of all—King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia—to attack Tyre. He will come from the north with a huge army, with horses and chariots and with cavalry. 8 Those who live in the towns on the mainland will be killed in the fighting. The enemy will dig trenches, build earthworks, and make a solid wall of shields against you. 9 They will pound in your walls with battering rams and tear down your towers with iron bars. 10 The clouds of dust raised by their horses will cover you. The noise of their horses pulling wagons and chariots will shake your walls as they pass through the gates of the ruined city. 11 Their cavalry will storm through your streets, killing your people with their swords. Your mighty pillars will be thrown to the ground. 12 Your enemies will help themselves to your wealth and merchandise. They will pull down your walls and shatter your luxurious houses. They will take the stones and wood and all the rubble, and dump them into the sea. 13 I will put an end to all your songs, and I will silence the music of your harps. 14 I will leave only a bare rock where fishermen can dry their nets. The city will never be rebuilt. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken."
 

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The topic's passage is a little bit difficult to deal with. It says Nebuchadnezzar will level the fortress island of Tyre and that Tyre will never be rebuilt, but neither thing happened.

Ezekiel 26:1-14 On the first day of the...month of the eleventh year of our exile, the LORD spoke to me. 2 "Son of man," he said, "this is what the people in the city of Tyre are cheering about. They shout, 'Jerusalem is shattered! Her commercial power is gone! She won't be our rival any more!'

3 "Now then, this is what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: I am your enemy, city of Tyre. I will bring many nations to attack you, and they will come like the waves of the sea. 4 They will destroy your city walls and tear down your towers. Then I will sweep away all the dust and leave only a bare rock. 5 Fishermen will dry their nets on it, there where it stands in the sea. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken. The nations will plunder Tyre, 6 and with their swords they will kill those who live in her towns on the mainland. Then Tyre will know that I am the LORD." 7 The Sovereign LORD says, "I am going to bring the greatest king of all—King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia—to attack Tyre. He will come from the north with a huge army, with horses and chariots and with cavalry. 8 Those who live in the towns on the mainland will be killed in the fighting. The enemy will dig trenches, build earthworks, and make a solid wall of shields against you. 9 They will pound in your walls with battering rams and tear down your towers with iron bars. 10 The clouds of dust raised by their horses will cover you. The noise of their horses pulling wagons and chariots will shake your walls as they pass through the gates of the ruined city. 11 Their cavalry will storm through your streets, killing your people with their swords. Your mighty pillars will be thrown to the ground. 12 Your enemies will help themselves to your wealth and merchandise. They will pull down your walls and shatter your luxurious houses. They will take the stones and wood and all the rubble, and dump them into the sea. 13 I will put an end to all your songs, and I will silence the music of your harps. 14 I will leave only a bare rock where fishermen can dry their nets. The city will never be rebuilt. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken."
Consider it's fulfillment in 332 BC by Alexander the Great. Blessings.
 
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"After a siege of seven months, Alexander used his man-made causeway to batter down the walls of Tyre and take the city. Tyre's 30,000 inhabitants were either massacred or sold into slavery, and the city was destroyed by Alexander in his rage at their having defied him for so long." Tyre


Tyre was a city on an island away from the shore a ways. That was part of it's character and strength.

What was built later isn't the same. For instance, the new city is not an island city anymore. Also, the glory of Tyre would not return.

Submerged ancient columns with the skyline of the modern city in the background.

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Consider it's fulfillment in 332 BC by Alexander the Great. Blessings.
Two problems there; the prophecy says Nebuchadnezzar will do it, not Alexander, and the prophecy says Tyre will never be rebuilt but Tyre still exists today.
 
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Two problems there; the prophecy says Nebuchadnezzar will do it, not Alexander, and the prophecy says Tyre will never be rebuilt but Tyre still exists today.
I agree. For sure Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the main land and Alexander the Great destroyed the island. Both have been destroyed and rebuilt many times throughout its history, and it is likely that it never regained the same level of prominence and power that it had in the past.
I can see the difficulty however , we need to see it as fulfilled even though Tyre still exists. God lays judgment on people and not on a physical land. The Phoenicians received Gods wrath as worshippers of the Canaanite religion. They no longer exist as a nation or a race.
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I agree. For sure Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the main land and Alexander the Great destroyed the island. Both have been destroyed and rebuilt many times throughout its history, and it is likely that it never regained the same level of prominence and power that it had in the past.
I can see the difficulty however , we need to see it as fulfilled even though Tyre still exists. God lays judgment on people and not on a physical land. The Phoenicians received Gods wrath as worshippers of the Canaanite religion. They no longer exist as a nation or a race.
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Be sure that you never tell the Lebanese that they do not exist.
 
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By the way, why do you fight against God's judgment on the Phoenicians. He specifically states that they will be no more. You either believe or not.
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Because it didn't happen. It's a matter of history, a fact. So, there's no point debating it.
 
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Tyre & Nebuchadnezzar are used here, prophetically. The fulfillment of this is found in the punishment of the mysterious Babylon in Revelation.
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Because it didn't happen. It's a matter of history, a fact. So, there's no point debating it.
Ok well that's fine. A lot of people don't believe what is written in scripture.
Thanks for engaging!
 
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Ok well that's fine. A lot of people don't believe what is written in scripture.
Thanks for engaging!
A few people will not believe the facts of history. Such is the nature of humanity.
 
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