[[Ezek-27]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Ezek-26]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Ezek-28]] --- ### Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, the dealers in your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, with all your company which is among you, will fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Ezekiel predicts the total catastrophic collapse of Tyre's commercial and military power, specifically stating that its wealth and people will fall into the 'heart of the seas.' *Historical context*: Theological and historical scholars identify the fulfillment of this prophecy in the siege of Alexander the Great in 332 BC. To capture the island fortress of Tyre, Alexander's engineers used the ruins and debris of the mainland city (previously destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar) to build a massive causeway (mole). This process literally cast the city's stones, timber, and dust into the sea to reach the island, fulfilling the prophetic image of the city's contents falling into the heart of the waters. *Related to*: ### The merchants among the peoples hiss at you. You have become a terror, and you will be no more. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The prophecy declares that Tyre will cease to exist as a global superpower and terror, becoming an object of scorn rather than a world-dominating merchant empire. *Historical context*: Following the successive sieges by Nebuchadnezzar II and later Alexander the Great, Tyre lost its status as the unrivaled maritime hub of the Mediterranean. While the site was eventually resettled and a modern town exists today, the ancient Phoenician city-state as a sovereign commercial power was effectively ended. [[In|In 1291]] AD, the Mamluks completely destroyed the city, after which it remained largely a place for 'spreading nets,' as corroborated by travelers like Edward Robinson in the 19th century. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy