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They shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.
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Scraped to a Bare Rock
Commentators explain that the prophecy to "scrape her dust... and make her a bare rock" signifies utter and complete destruction. Scholars note that Tyre was built on a rock, and this prophecy was later fulfilled when the city's ruins were cast into the sea, effectively leaving the site barren. The imagery emphasizes the totality of God's judgment.
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Ezekiel
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19th Century
Anglican
Her dust. — Compare to Ezekiel 26:12. The dust is that of her ruined walls and palaces and temples. “Scraping” expresses their utt…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus &c.] Undermining them, or breaking them down with their battering rams:
Presbyterian
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 …
