Tyre

Antiquity of Isaiah 23:7; Joshua 19:29
CALLED
- The daughter of Zidon Isaiah 23:12
- The daughter of Tarshish Isaiah 23:10
- The joyous city Isaiah 23:7
- The crowning city Isaiah 23:8
- The renowned city Ezekiel 26:17
Insular position of Ezekiel 26:17; 27:4,25
Strongly fortified Joshua 19:29; 2 Samuel 24:7; Ezekiel 26:17; Zechariah 9:3
Governed by kings 1 Kings 5:1; Jeremiah 25:22
CELEBRATED FOR
- Its beauty Ezekiel 27:3,4
- Its commerce Isaiah 23:2,3; Ezekiel 27:3,12-25
- Its wealth Ezekiel 27:33; 28:4,5; Zechariah 9:3
- Strength and beauty of its ships Ezekiel 27:5-7
Soldiers of, supplied by Persia, &c Ezekiel 27:10,11
INHABITANTS OF
- Sea-faring men Ezekiel 26:17
- Mercantile men Isaiah 23:8
- Proud and haughty Isaiah 23:9; Ezekiel 28:2,17
- Self-conceited Ezekiel 28:3-5
- Superstitious Jeremiah 27:2,3,9
- Wicked Ezekiel 28:18
Often confederated against the Jews and rejoiced in their Calamities Psalm 83:7; Ezekiel 26:2; Amos 1:9
David and Solomon formed alliances with 1 Kings 5:1; 2 Chronicles 2:3
SUPPLIED
- Seamen for Solomon's navy 1 Kings 9:27; 2 Chronicles 8:18
- A master-builder for the temple 2 Chronicles 2:7,13
- Stones and timber for building the temple 1 Kings 5:6,9; 2 Chronicles 2:8,9,16
- Timber for rebuilding the temple and city Ezra 3:7
The Jews condemned for purchasing from the people of, on the Sabbath Nehemiah 13:16
CHRIST
- Alluded to the depravity of Matthew 11:21,22
- Visited the coasts of Matthew 15:21; Mark 7:24
- Was followed by many from Mark 3:8; Luke 6:17
- Paul found disciples at Acts 21:3,4
- Depended for provision upon Galilee Acts 12:20
Propitiated the favour of Herod Acts 12:20
PROPHECIES RESPECTING
- Envy against the Jews a cause of its destruction Ezekiel 26:2
- Pride a cause of its destruction Ezekiel 28:2-6
- To be destroyed by the king of Babylon Isaiah 23:13,14; Jeremiah 27:3,6; Ezekiel 26:7-13
- Inhabitants of, to emigrated to other countries Isaiah 23:6,12
- To be scraped as the top of a rock, and to be a place for The spreading nets Ezekiel 26:3-5,14
- The king of Babylon to be rewarded with the spoil of Egypt For his service against Ezekiel 29:18-20
- To lie waste and be forgotten for seventy years Isaiah 23:15
- Its restoration to commercial greatness after seventy years Isaiah 23:16,17
- Its second destruction by the Macedonians Ezekiel 27:32; 28:7,8,18; Zechariah 9:2-4
- The ruins of the first city to be employed in making a Causeway to effect the destruction of insular Tyre Ezekiel 26:12
- Never to recover its greatness Ezekiel 26:21
- Its inhabitants to be sold as slaves, as a recompence for Their selling the Jews Joel 3:4-8
- All nations to be terrified at its destruction Ezekiel 26:15-18; 27:29-36; Zechariah 9:5
- To participated in the blessings of the gospel Psalm 45:12; Isaiah 23:18

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