Commentators stress that God's prophecy against Tyre was fulfilled, even when it seemed politically unlikely. At the time of Amos, Tyre was a powerful city paying tribute to Assyria. Yet, God declared its destruction by "fire"—a hostile army. Scholars point to multiple historical conquests by Assyria, Babylon, and later Alexander the Great as the fulfillment of this divine sentence, demonstrating that God's word will surely come to pass.