26:3 Many nations would come against her. 26:4 The walls of Tyre would be broken down. 26:4 Dust would be scraped from her, and she would be left like a bare rock. 26:5 She would be a place for the spreading of nets. 26:8 King Nebuchadnezzar to build a siege wall around the city. 26:9-26:12 King Nebuchadnezzar plunders the city. 26:12 Stones, timber and soil from the city are cast into the sea. 26:14 Tyre is never to be rebuilt.

In the 13 year siege ending in 573 b.c., The coastal cities were devastated by King Nebuchadnezzar. Who did indeed fulfill the prophecies of Ezekiel 26, which depicts the destruction of Tyre. However, it was Alexandar the Great that was to cast the stones, timber and soil into the sea as he attempted to bridge the mainland to a small island that the Tyrians had fled to. The original city of Tyre was never rebuilt and the current location of mainland Tyre is where many of the local fishermen spread their nets out for drying.

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