Eze 26:12<\/span><\/p>\n And they shall make a spoil of thy riches.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Spoliation of treasure is a moral gain<\/strong><\/p>\n Scholars and artists have mourned for ages over the almost universal destruction of the works of ancient genius. I suppose that many a second-rate city, in the time of Christ, possessed a collection of works of surpassing beauty, which could not be equalled by all the specimens now existing that have been discovered. The Alexandrian library is believed to have contained a greater treasure of intellectual riches than has ever since been hoarded in a single city. These, we know, have all vanished from the earth. The Apollo Belvidere and the Venus de Medicis stand in almost solitary grandeur to remind us of the perfection to which the plastic art of the ancients had attained. The Alexandrian library furnished fuel for years for the baths of illiterate Moslems. I used myself frequently to wonder why it had pleased God to blot out of existence these magnificent productions of ancient genres It seemed to me strange that the pail of oblivion should thus be thrown over all to which man, in the flower of his age, had given birth. But the solution of this mystery is found, I think, in the remains of Herculaneum and Pompeii. We discover that every work of man was so penetrated by corruption, every production of genius was so defiled with uncleanness, that God, in introducing a better dispensation, determined to cleanse the world from the pollution of preceding ages. As when all flesh had corrupted his way, He purified the world by the waters of the flood, so, when genius had covered the earth with images of sin, He overwhelmed the works of ancient civilisation with a deluge of barbarism. It was too bad to exist: and He swept it all away. (F. Wayland.<\/em>)<\/p>\n Verse 12<\/span>. And they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy<\/B><\/I> <\/B>dust in the midst of the water.<\/B><\/I>] This answers to the taking of Tyre by Alexander; he actually took the timbers, stones, rubbish, c. of old Tyre<\/I>, and filled up the space between it and new Tyre, and thus connected the latter with the main land and this he was obliged to do before he could take it.<\/P> <\/p>\n They; <\/B>Chaldean soldiers. <\/P> Make a spoil; <\/B>hinder thy trade during the war, and plunder thee in the end of the war. <\/P> Make a prey of thy merchandise; <\/B>intercepting much, as it is coming to thee whilst besieged, and taking what they find, when they conquer. <\/P> Break down thy walls:<\/B> see Eze 26:4<\/span>,9<\/span>; there he speaks of the walls of the city, here of the walls of private houses, as appears by that which follows. Pleasant houses, that the Tyrians dwelt in with delight, or diverted themselves in as houses of pleasure; summerhouses. <\/P> Lay thy stones, <\/B>& c. <\/P> in the midst of the water:<\/B> it had been a quicker and easier way to have burnt all, but it is like the greedy soldier might dream of treasure hid in walls or under the timber, and therefore they take the pains to pull all down, and throw it into the sea; the very dust too. Thus God fulfils his word, and scraped Tyrus. <\/P> <\/p>\n 12. lay thy stones . . . timber . .. in . . . midst of . . . water<\/B>referring to the insular NewTyre (Eze 26:3<\/span>; Eze 26:5<\/span>;Eze 27:4<\/span>; Eze 27:25<\/span>;Eze 27:26<\/span>). When its loftybuildings and towers fall, surrounded as it was with the sea whichentered its double harbor and washed its ramparts, the “stones .. . timbers . . . and dust” appropriately are described asthrown down “in the midst of the water.” Though Ezekielattributes the capture of Tyre to Nebuchadnezzar (see on Eze29:18<\/span>), yet it does not follow that the final<\/I> destructionof it described is attributed by him to the same monarch. Theoverthrow of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar was the first link in the longchain of evilthe first deadly blow which prepared for, and was theearnest of, the final doom. The change in this verse from theindividual conqueror “he,” to the general “they,”marks that what he did was not the whole, but only paved the way forothers to complete the work begun by him. It was to be a progressivework until she was utterly destroyed. Thus the words here answerexactly to what Alexander did. With the “stones, timber,”and rubbish of Old Tyre, he built a causeway in seven months to NewTyre on the island and so took it [CURTIUS,4, 2], 322 B.C.<\/P><\/p>\n And they shall make a spoil of thy riches<\/strong>,…. The Chaldean army, when they entered the city, and got possession of it, would plunder it, and divide the riches of it among them:<\/p>\n and make a prey of thy merchandise<\/strong>; of the merchants’ goods, laid up in their warehouses for sale, which was greatly hindered by this long siege; compare with this Re 18:11<\/span>:<\/p>\n and they shall break down thy walls<\/strong>; the walls of their houses; mention being made before of breaking down the walls of the city, towers, and garrisons:<\/p>\n and destroy thy pleasant houses<\/strong>; or, “houses of thy desire” l; the most desirable ones in the city; the houses of their princes and chief magistrates; their summer houses; or which were most delightfully situated towards the sea, to have the prospect and advantage of that:<\/p>\n and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water<\/strong>; of the sea, near unto or about it; into which they cast the rubbish of the demolished houses, stones, timber, and dust, and so left it bare and naked: or rather this was fulfilled when Alexander, with the ruins of old Tyre, its stones, timber, and rubbish, and trees from Lebanon, made a causeway from the continent to the island; and by that means took it, after seven months’ toil and labour of this sort m.<\/p>\n l “domos desiderii tui”, Montanus, Vatablus. m Curt. Hist, l. 4. c. 2. 4.<\/p>\n (12) They shall make.<\/strong>In Eze. 26:12<\/span> the nominative changes. It is no longer Nebuchadnezzar who does these things, but they. This may intimate that the prophets vision now again passes beyond the immediate future to the long succession of calamities, beginning indeed with Nebuchadnezzars conquest, with which Tyre was to be visited. The spoil and prey is to be understood more of what the Tyrians lost than of what the conquerors gained. In the long-continued sieges to which the city was subjected there was great waste of its substance; but their command of the water generally enabled them before the close to send away their moveable wealth, so that the booty of the victor was small. (With the close of the verse comp. Eze. 26:4<\/span>.) The situation of Tyre led naturally to her ruins being thrown into the sea. Robinson saw in one place as many as forty or fifty marble columns beneath the water.<\/p>\n “And they will make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise, and they will break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses, and they will lay your stones, and your timber, and your dust in the midst of the waters.”<\/p>\n The riches from trade and merchanting would become a spoil for the invaders, their proud buildings a ruin, and these would be tossed into the harbour. This would no doubt be true to some extent under Nebuchadnezzar, but later, in the time of Alexander the Great, this would occur for the specific purpose of enlarging the causeway to the island for the invading troops. The ruins of the mainland city would be utilised. The prophecy telescopes Tyre’s future, for Yahweh’s activities against Tyre will go on and on.<\/p>\n We have here an example of how prophecy can contain two elements, a near and a far. It begins with specifics and then continues with a later outcome, the inexorable march of history. For the prophets were not interested in forecasting particular events but in presenting the total picture of the final purposes of Yahweh.<\/p>\n Eze 26:12<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>And they shall lay, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> The ruins of old Tyre contributed much to the taking of the new city; for with the stones, timber, and rubbish of it, Alexander built a bank or causey from the continent to the island; thereby literally fulfilling the words of the prophet. He was seven months in completing this work: but the time and labour were well employed, for by means hereof he was enabled to take and storm the city. See Bishop Newton on the Prophesies, vol. 1: and the note on Eze 26:21<\/span>. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Eze 26:12 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Ver. 12. And they shall make a spoil of thy riches.<\/strong> ] Raked together by right and wrong. See on Eze 26:2<\/span> . Male parta male dilabuntur.<\/em> a<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Sallust.<\/p>\n make a spoil: Eze 26:5, Mat 6:19, Mat 6:20 <\/p>\n thy merchandise: Eze 27:3-36, Isa 23:8, Isa 23:11, Isa 23:17, Isa 23:18, Zec 9:3, Zec 9:4, Rev 18:11-13 <\/p>\n thy pleasant houses: Heb. houses of thy desire, 2Ch 32:27, 2Ch 36:10, Isa 32:12, Jer 25:34, Dan 11:8, Hos 13:15, Amo 5:11, Nah 2:9, Zec 7:14, *marg. <\/p>\n they shall lay: The ruins of old Tyre contributed much to the taking of the new city; for with the stones, timber, and rubbish, Alexander built a bank, or causeway, from the continent to the island, thereby literally fulfilling the words of the prophet. <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jer 9:7 – I will Eze 26:4 – I Eze 26:14 – like Eze 27:27 – Thy riches Eze 27:34 – General Dan 9:23 – greatly beloved Amo 1:10 – General<\/p>\n Eze 26:12. The invaders were to take possession of the personal effects and also were to seize upon their commercial wares. They were also destined to wreck the houses, both the ones used for storage and the ones used as homes. Dust in the midst of the water is explained at verse 4.<\/p>\n Eze 26:12-14. And they shall make a spoil of thy riches The Chaldean army shall hinder thy trade during the war, and plunder thee in the end of it. And make a prey of thy merchandise Of the fruit, or gains, of thy merchandise. And destroy thy pleasant houses The houses of thy desire, as the margin reads it, or, Thy desirable houses. And shall lay thy stones, &c., in the midst of the water Shall cast thy ruins into the midst of the sea. And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease All signs or indications of mirth shall cease from the midst of thee. Great cities are full of all kinds of gayety and luxury: this had been the case with Tyre, but it is here foretold that all this should be turned into a melancholy silence. I will make thee like the top of a rock See note on Eze 26:4. Thou shalt be built no more This was fulfilled; for though the inhabitants built a new city, and called it New Tyre, yet it was situated in a quite different place, namely, on an island, at some distance from the continent on which the former city stood: see note on Isa 23:1. It was also fulfilled with respect to the new city, which received a great blow from Alexander, not only by his taking and burning it, but much more by his building of Alexandria in Egypt, which in time deprived it of much of its trade, and thereby contributed more effectually to its ruin. It had the misfortune afterward of changing its masters often, being sometimes in the hands of the Ptolemies, kings of Egypt, and sometimes of the Seleucid, kings of Syria, till at length it fell under the dominion of the Romans. It was taken by the Saracens about the year of Christ 639, in the reign of Omar, their third emperor. It was retaken by the Christians, during the time of the holy war, in the year 1124: Baldwin, the second of that name, being then king of Jerusalem, and assisted by a fleet of the Venetians. From the Christians it was taken again, in the year 1289, by the Mamelukes of Egypt, under their sultan, Alphix, who sacked and razed this, and Zidon, and other strong towns, that they might not ever again afford any harbour or shelter to the Christians. From the Mamelukes it was again taken, in the year 1516, by Selim, the ninth emperor of the Turks, and under their dominion it continues at present. But, alas! how fallen! how changed from what it was formerly! for, from being the centre of trade, frequented by all the merchant ships of the east and west, it is now become a heap of ruins, visited only by the boats of a few poor fisher-men: see note on Eze 26:4. So that as to this New Tyre, or this part of Tyre, the prophecy hath likewise been literally fulfilled: I will make thee like the top of a rock; thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon. Bishop Newton.<\/p>\n Tyre’s enemies ("they") would take much spoil from the city and would push its physical remains into the sea (cf. Zec 9:3-4). God accomplished this by the hand of Alexander the Great who used the rubble from the mainland town to widen the causeway (mole) to the fortress on the peninsula.<\/p>\n And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water. 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