Ezekiel 26:1-21
“Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee... And they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water... 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.”
King James Version
Ezekiel's oracle against Tyre — many nations against her, her stones and dust cast into the sea, left a bare rock for nets — the most debated fulfillment prophecy.
Fulfillment References
Ezekiel 29:18 Isaiah 23:1-18 Zechariah 9:3-4 🏛 Historical: Alexander 332 BC
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe one God who humbles proud Tyre rules the nations; earthly glory passes, but His word stands.
JewishJudgment on the proud merchant city for rejoicing at Jerusalem's fall; God's justice on arrogant commercial power.
CatholicThe humbling of a wealthy, prideful city — a lesson on the vanity of riches and the certainty of divine judgment.
ProtestantA celebrated fulfilled prophecy: Nebuchadnezzar besieged mainland Tyre, and Alexander (332 BC) scraped its ruins into the sea to build a causeway to the island, fitting 'lay thy dust in the water' and 'many nations.'
OrthodoxDivine judgment on the proud city, fulfilled in its historical desolation.
DispensationalFulfilled history; Tyre also stands typologically behind the commercial 'Babylon' of Revelation 18.
AcademicThe crux of the prophecy debate: Nebuchadnezzar's 13-year siege (c.586-573 BC) did not destroy Tyre — Ezekiel 29:18 itself concedes he 'had no wages' from it. Skeptics call v.7-11 (which names Nebuchadnezzar) a failed prediction; defenders note the oracle widens to 'many nations' (v.3) and that Alexander's 332 BC destruction and the 'bare rock' fit strikingly. Scholars debate whether ch.29 records a prophetic adjustment.
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