New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Tyre

• Antiquity of Isa. 23:7; Josh. 19:29
• Called
  • The daughter of Zidon Isa. 23:12
  • The daughter of Tarshish Isa. 23:10
  • The joyous city Isa. 23:7
  • The crowning city Isa. 23:8
  • The renowned city Ezek. 26:17
• Insular position of Ezek. 26:17, 27:4, 25
• Strongly fortified Josh. 19:29; 2 Sam. 24:7; Ezek. 26:17; Zech. 9:3
• Governed by kings 1 Ki. 5:1; Jer. 25:22
• Celebrated for
  • Its beauty Ezek. 27:3, 4
  • Its commerce Isa. 23:2, 3; Ezek. 27:3, 12-25
  • Its wealth Ezek. 27:33, 28:4, 5; Zech. 9:3
  • Strength and beauty of its ships Ezek. 27:5-7
• Soldiers of, supplied by Persia, &c Ezek. 27:10, 11
• Inhabitants of
  • Sea-faring men Ezek. 26:17
  • Mercantile men Isa. 23:8
  • Proud and haughty Isa. 23:9; Ezek. 28:2, 17
  • Self-conceited Ezek. 28:3-5
  • Superstitious Jer. 27:2, 3, 9
  • Wicked Ezek. 28:18
• Often confederated against the Jews and rejoiced in their calamities Ps. 83:7; Ezek. 26:2; Amos 1:9
• David and Solomon formed alliances with 1 Ki. 5:1; 2 Chr. 2:3
• Supplied
  • Seamen for Solomon's navy 1 Ki. 9:27; 2 Chr. 8:18
  • A master-builder for the temple 2 Chr. 2:7, 13
  • Stones and timber for building the temple 1 Ki. 5:6, 9; 2 Chr. 2:8, 9, 16
  • Timber for rebuilding the temple and city Ezra 3:7
• The Jews condemned for purchasing from the people of, on the Sabbath Neh. 13:16
• Christ
  • Alluded to the depravity of Mt. 11:21, 22
  • Visited the coasts of Mt. 15:21; Mk. 7:24
  • Was followed by many from Mk. 3:8; Lk. 6:17
  • Paul found disciples at Acts 21:3, 4
  • Depended for provision upon Galilee Acts 12:20
• Propitiated the favor of Herod Acts 12:20
• Prophecies respecting
  • Envy against the Jews a cause of its destruction Ezek. 26:2
  • Pride a cause of its destruction Ezek. 28:2-6
  • To be destroyed by the king of Babylon Isa. 23:13, 14; Jer. 27:3, 6; Ezek. 26:7-13
  • Inhabitants of, to emigrate to other countries Isa. 23:6, 12
  • To be scraped as the top of a rock, and to be a place for spreading nets Ezek. 26:3-5, 14
  • The king of Babylon to be rewarded with the spoil of Egypt for his service against Ezek. 29:18-20
  • To lie waste and be forgotten for seventy years Isa. 23:15
  • Its restoration to commercial greatness after seventy years Isa. 23:16, 17
  • Its second destruction by the Macedonians Ezek. 27:32, 28:7, 8, 18; Zech. 9:2-4
  • The ruins of the first city to be employed in making a causeway to effect the destruction of insular Tyre Ezek. 26:12
  • Never to recover its greatness Ezek. 26:21
  • Its inhabitants to be sold as slaves, as a recompence for their selling the Jews Joel 3:4-8
  • All nations to be terrified at its destruction Ezek. 26:15-18, 27:29-36; Zech. 9:5
  • To participate in the blessings of the gospel Ps. 45:12; Isa. 23:18