The Strand Study Bible

EZEKIEL 25:15

EZEKIEL 26:16

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The promise of Philistia’s complete fall to Babylon (Fulfilled - 586 BC) 15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred; 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, 1 I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the 2 Cher- ethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast. P 17 1 And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them. P Ezekiel 26 The promise of Tyre’s fall to Babylon ; and eventually to Greece (Fulfilled - 572 & 332 BC) 1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the 3 word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 4 Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, 5 she is bro- ken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: 3 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O 6 Tyrus, 7 and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. P 4 8 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. P 5 8 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spo- ken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall be- come a spoil to the nations. P 6 8 And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD. P (Note - This portion of Ezekiel’s prophecy took place in the 11th year of King Zedekiah’s reign) Date Written - Sept 1st, 586 BC/AM 3414

The promise of Tyre’s fall to Babylon (Fulfilled - 572 BC)

1. Fulfilled - 586 BC (Fall of Philistia) 2. or, “Philistines” - Zeph 2:5 3. Ezk 1:3,24 4. Ezk 2:1 5. II Ki 25:2-4 6. Isa 23:1-18 7. Fulfilled - 572 BC (Fall of Tyre) 8. Fulfilled in 332 BC when Tyre fell completely to Alexander the Great - Zech 9:2,4 9. Hab 1:8

7 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, 7 I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrez- zar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people. P 8 7 He shall slay with the sword thy daugh- ters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee. P 9 7 And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. P 10 7 By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of thewheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. P 11 7 With the hoofs of his 9 horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garri- sons shall go down to the ground. P 12 7 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchan- dise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water. P 13 7 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. P 14 7 And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. P 15 Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; 7 Shall not the 10 isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? P 16 7 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay

10. that is, “other Gentile nations”

25:15 Refusing to forgive ( old hatred ) angers God ( Mt 18 :21- 34 -35). People who carry unforgiveness should be avoided ( Lk 17 :3- 4 and Heb 12:15b ). He that can’t forgive can’t be forgiven (Mt 6:15). 26:2 The city of Tyre made the same mistake as Ammon did ( Ezk 25:3 ) –they took pleasure ( Aha ) in the destruction of God’s people, a sin that angers God to no end (Prov 24:17-18, Job 31:29-30, Obad 10-14 and Exo 23:4-5). 26:3,5 This phrase ( many nations ) included both Babylon and Greece. NOTE - Tyre was a city on the northern coast of Palestine inhabited by the Phoenicians, a great maritime people who were greatly feared by their enemies. In 586 BC, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, laid siege to the city. The siege lasted for thirteen years (from 586-572 BC). By the time Nebuchadnezzar took the city in 572 BC, the Phoenicians had moved everything of value to an island about one-half mile off the coast. Though the city was taken as predicted (vs 7-18), Nebuchadnezzar profited nothing (Ezk 29:18), and the Phoenicians were not conquered. However, 240 years later, Alexander the Great, king of Greece (332 BC), built a causeway from the mainland to the island and leveled the city as predicted (vs 18-21). To this day (some 2,300 years later) the island on which the city of Tyre existed lies in rubble and is used solely “ for the spreading of nets ” (vs 5,14).