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I will make you a bare rock; you shall be a place for the spreading of nets; you shall be built no more: for I Yahweh have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.

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Understanding "Built No More"

Commentators address the phrase "you shall be built no more" by explaining its nuanced fulfillment. While a city named Tyre existed later, the prophecy was realized as the original, glorious island-fortress was never restored to its former power and prominence. Scholars note that the site eventually became desolate, literally a place for fishermen's nets, showing the long-term accuracy of God's word.

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Ezekiel

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Ezekiel 26:7–14

18th Century

Theologian

The description of the siege is that of a town invested by land (Ezekiel 26:7).

Nebuchadrezzar (see note on Jeremiah 21:2…

John Gill

John Gill

On Ezekiel 26:14

17th Century

Pastor

And I will make you like the top of a rock
Smooth and bare; (See Gill on Ezekiel 26:4): and you…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Ezekiel 26:1–14

17th Century

Minister

To be secretly pleased with the death or decay of others when we are likely to benefit from it, or with their fall when we may prosper from it, is …