Ezekiel 26:15

"Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at thee. And they shall take up a lamentation over thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that west inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city that was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, that caused their terror to be on all that dwelt there! Now shall the isles tremble in the days of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be dismayed at thy departure."

ALARM AND SHOCK AT THE NEWS OF TYRE'S FALL

"The isles ..." (Ezekiel 26:15,18). These refer to all of the islands and coastlands of the Mediterranean Sea, which long had been under the domination of Tyre.

"The renowned city that caused her terror to fall upon all ..." (Ezekiel 26:17). The heartless old slave traders of Tyre had been the terror of mankind, but for the thirteen year siege against them by Nebuchadnezzar, they allowed the evil slave trade to rest!

"The princes shall come down from their thrones ..." (Ezekiel 26:15). These merchant princes were not actually kings. They were agents of Tyre, and the meaning here is that the source of their power, wealth, and glory had dried up. They were therefore downgraded and humiliated.

"The mourning of these `princes' indicated that they had better judgment than the rulers of Tyre. Those in Tyre could not realize that the destruction of Jerusalem meant the same fate awaited them; but these 'princes' realized that they also were involved in the fate of Tyre."[21]

"They shall tremble every moment ..." (Ezekiel 26:16) "This means that they were trembling and fearful continually."[22]