14. 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.
JFB.
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