Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 26:18

"Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be dismayed at thy departure." — Ezekiel 26:18 (ASV)

The isles tremble. —“Isles” here, as elsewhere, includes coasts. It must be remembered how numerous the colonies of Phoenicia were. They had been established in Cyprus, Rhodes, Malta, Spain, Sicily, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands, and Africa. In some of these there were several colonies, as Utica and Carthage in Africa, Gades (Cadiz), Kalpe (Gibraltar), and Malaka (Malaga) in Spain. All of these looked up to Tyre as their mother-city, and received from her their high priests. Even Carthage, the greatest of them, sent yearly presents to the Tyrian Hercules.