Overview
Tyre was a prosperous maritime city that traded with Israel and other nations. King Hiram of Tyre supplied cedar and skilled craftsmen for Solomon's temple (2 Chronicles 2:7, 13). However, the city became characterized by pride in its wealth and commercial power, making it a focus of prophetic judgment in Scripture.
Key Scriptures
"Your oarsmen have brought you out to the high seas. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas" (Ezekiel 27:26, ESV). "At the sound of your cry the pilots and oarsmen cease, all the sailors and all who guide the ships are dismayed" (Ezekiel 27:28-29, ESV). "All who knew you among the peoples are appalled at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever" (Ezekiel 27:36, ESV).
Application
Tyre's fall reminds believers that earthly wealth and human achievement apart from God ultimately lead to destruction and that humility before the Lord is essential.
✦ Scripture References 40 references
✦ Topical Scripture Breakdown 140 verses
A master-builder for the temple
All nations to be terrified at its destruction
Alluded to the depravity of
Antiquity of
David and Solomon formed alliances with
Depended for provision upon Galilee
Envy against the Jews a cause of its destruction
Governed by kings
Inhabitants of, to emigrated to other countries
Insular position of
Its beauty
Its commerce
Its inhabitants to be sold as slaves, as a recompence for their selling the Jews
Its restoration to commercial greatness after seventy years
Its second destruction by the Macedonians
Its wealth
Mercantile men
Never to recover its greatness
Often confederated against the Jews and rejoiced in their calamities
Paul found disciples at
Pride a cause of its destruction
Propitiated the favour of Herod
Proud and haughty
Sea-faring men
Seamen for Solomon's navy
Self-conceited
Soldiers of, supplied by Persia, &c
Stones and timber for building the temple
Strength and beauty of its ships
Strongly fortified
Superstitious
The crowning city
The daughter of Tarshish
The daughter of Zidon
The Jews condemned for purchasing from the people of, on the Sabbath
The joyous city
The king of Babylon to be rewarded with the spoil of Egypt for his service against
The renowned city
The ruins of the first city to be employed in making a causeway to effect the destruction of insular Tyre
Timber for rebuilding the temple and city
To be destroyed by the king of Babylon
To be scraped as the top of a rock, and to be a place for the spreading nets
To lie waste and be forgotten for seventy years
To participated in the blessings of the gospel
Visited the coasts of
Was followed by many from
Wicked