Ezekiel 26:15-16

The Lord also revealed that other towns would tremble when they heard of Tyre’s overthrow. These were Tyre’s vassals along the coast and among the islands that depended on Tyre for their prosperity and protection. Tyre had colonies in many Mediterranean coastal regions: Cyprus, Rhodes, Malta, Spain, Sicily, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands, and Africa. [Note: Feinberg, p. 150.] The rulers of these communities would go into mourning and would fear because of what had overtaken their mother city (cf. Job 2:11-13; Jonah 3:6; Revelation 18:9). They would abdicate their thrones and submit to the enemy invaders.