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11/18/2014 5:19 pm
Why Did Zechariah Fortell The Destruction Of Trye Long After It Had Been Destroyed By The Babylonian

Ancient Tyre, situated on the Mediterranean Coast, actually consisted of two parts. One was on the mainland and the other was on an island.

At one time, inhabitants of Tyre were friendly to the Israelites. Later, though, Tyre became prosperous and began to defy Jehovah God to the point of stealing the gold and silver from His people and selling some of them into slavery. (Joel 3:4-6) This brought Jehovah's adverse judgement.

Through His prophets, Jehovah foretold that Tyre would fall at the hands of Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar, who brought his forces to Tyre after he destroyed Jerusalem in 706 B.C.E. (Isaiah 23:13+14; Jer. 27:2-7; Ez. 28:1-19) Facing defeat, the people of Tyre escaped with their possessions to the island city. The Babylonians left the mainland city in ruins.

Nearly 100 years later, Jehovah inspired His prophet Zechariah to pronounce His judgement against Tyre: "Look! Jehovah Himself will dispossess her, and into the sea He will certainly strike down her military force; and in the fire she herself will be devoured." (Zech. 9:3+4)

In 332 B.C.E., the island city met destruction at the hands of Alexander the Great, thus fulfilling Zechariah's prophecy.

To accomplish that, Alexander constructed an 800-meter-long causeway from the mainland to the island, using the wood and stones from the ruins of old Tyre. This too, was foretold by Ezekiel. (Ez. 26:4, 12)