Tyre was founded on an offshore island. Alexander the Great constructed a causeway during his siege of the city, and the island became a peninsula. Excavations have been carried out at two sites in Tyre: al-Mina site (or City site) on the southern part of the former island, and al-Bas...
‘What city is like Tyre,Destroyed in the midst of the sea?33 ‘When your wares went out by sea,You satisfied many people;You enriched the kings of the earthWith your many luxury goods and your merchandise.34 But you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters;Your merchandise...
Background. Ezekiel has cited Eden in two extensive passages and one of these(28:11-19)portrayed the king of Tyre in terms of the cherub in Eden. The city is famed for the temple complex of Melkart with its renowned garden enclosure. Where is Hiram mentioned in the Bible? Hiram was su...
12 The city of Tyre will come with a gift,[a] people of wealth will seek your favor. Read full chapter Footnotes Psalm 45:12 Or A Tyrian robe is among the gifts Psalm 45:12 in all English translationsJoel 3:4 New International Version 4 “Now what have you against me, Tyre ...
Bible > Sermons > Isaiah 23:8Tyre, The Crowning City J. Parker, D. D. Isaiah 23:8Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes…The speaker cannot drop his satire: he has got accustomed to it now; he is in his best vein of mockery. The ...
33 For example, the destruction of ancientTyre, the fall of Babylon, the rebuilding of Jerusalem, and the rise and fall of the kings of Medo-Persia and Greece were foretold in great detail in the Bible. 33 Til dømis varð í Bíbliuni frammanundan gjølla sagt frá bæði oy...
This is a message from distant islands about the city of Tyre: Cry, you seagoing ships! Tyre and its houses lie in ruins. New American Bible Oracle on Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, for your port is destroyed; From the land of the Kittim the news reaches them. ...
- The prophet Ezekiel says the king/prince/ruler of ancient Tyre was in the Garden of Eden. Guess what his earthly name was. Eze 28:2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your heart [is] lifted up, and you hast said, I
23.1 Tyre: A fortress city built on an island in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of what is now Lebanon. 23.1 seagoing ships: See the note at 2.16. 23.1 Tyre … ruins: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. 23.2 Sidon: A coastal city just north of Tyre. 23.3 along ...
Now those people will be afraid when you are gone!’” 19 This is what the Lord God says: “Tyre, you will become an old, empty city. No one will live there. I will cause the sea to flow over you. The great sea will cover you. 20 I will send you down into that deep hole—...