Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they delivered up a whole people to Edom, and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The last crowning sin, for which judgment is pronounced on Tyre, is the same as that of Philistia, and probably was enacted in concert with it. In …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

CURSE ON TYRUS.

The brotherly covenant. —The “covenant of brethren ” (margin) was the league made …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

He uses nearly the same words concerning Tyrus as he did concerning Gaza, and charges it with the same sin: that of removing the Jews from their co…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of Tyrus
Or Tyre, a very ancient city in Palestine; of which (See …

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