26:1-6
The previous four nations had received a paragraph or so of judgement, Tyre gets three chapters worth! There are some who have suggested that Tyre represents Babylon, but that doesn’t make any sense of the text, so we will reject that notion. The argument for this silly suggestion is that Ezekiel didn’t want to name Babylon directly. As with other nations, Tyre is castigated for delighting in Jerusalems’ difficulties. Tyre was a great trading nation. Tyre itself was a rocky island off the coast of Lebanon. Judah was seen as a competitor, so the loss of a competitor was seen as good news, an opportunity to prosper even more. So God warns her that He will bring many nations against her. “Make her a bare rock”. Tyre was a rocky island, and that is where she gets her name from. “And her settlements” (NIV), this is an interpretation of the more literal translation “and her daughters on the mainland.” (ESV).
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