...come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. 4 And they shall destroy the walls of every one dealeth falsely. 14 They have 'healed also the n hurt of the daugh c make her like the top of a rock. 5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets, á in the midst...

...struck by the sad fulfilment of that part of the prophecy concerning the place, which says, " I will make her like the top of a rock; it shall be a place for spreading of nets in the midst of the sea." (Ezek. xxvi. 5.) Many parts of the double wall which encompassed...

...certain consequences of unjust gain. In Ezek. xxvi. 4, 5, we read, " They shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers : I will also scrape...the sea : for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God." Modern travellers have told us how completely this has been fulfilled. The precise situation of ancient...

...shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers. 1 will also scrape her dust from ber, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a...midst of the sea, for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Goo." — xxvi. 3-5. Major Markworth, on landing there in 1622, thus describes its present state :...

...the city of perhaps the most industrious and active people ever known, Ezekiel prophesied:—" I will scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top...for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea."* The literal fulfilment of this prophecy is certified by Shaw, Bruce, and the infidel Volney. The latter...

...to spread nets upon."§ The same prediction is repeated with an assurance of its trnth: — "I will make her like the top of a rock; it shall be a place...nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken it." Tyre, though deprived of its former inhabitanls, soon revived as a city, and greatly regained its commerce....

...upon."§ The same prediction is repeated with an assurance of its trulh: — "I will make her like Ihe top of a rock; it shall be a place for the spreading...nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken it." Tyre, though deprived of its former inhabitants, soon revived as a city, and greatly regained its commerce....

...gives emphasis and illustration to the denunciation of the Prophet Ezekiel (xxvi. 5), that it should be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea. In prophetic anticipation of the destruction of Tyre, Isaiah calls upon the inhabitants, and says (xxiii....

...were swept away by the sea, or rather " scraped," according to the word of the prophet Ezekiel ; " I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock." (ch. xxvi. 4.) This conjecture once formed, I mounted my horse and returned to Sur, in order to arrive...

...come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. " And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers : I will also scrape...the sea : for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God, and it shall become a spoil to the nations. " And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain...