which now ftood inits Strength and Glory, and, upon a Rock, abounding in Riches, mighty in Naval Power, having lately conquered that Navy which the Aſjrians brought a- 2inſt them. Yet this City was, according to this Prophecy, de- Ck ; and that twice, firſt by Nezuchadnezzar, and long after- ward by Alexander the Great., And although this Prophecy ſeem dire&ly and properly to reſpe& the former Deftru&ion, yet ir ſeems to have ſome referenc to the latter allo; only at 15 intimated, That after ſeventy years Tyrus ſhould recover her former Power and Glo- xy,before her {econd and final Deſtruction. b Eicher, 1- properly; to which howling and Lamenting is aſcribed by a known Figure Called Proſopopeis : or, 2. Metonymically,the Merchants and owners of Ships, who had much Commerce with this illuſtrious Mart. c Either, 1, of Tarſus, a great part of Cilicia, which antiently had the Dominion of thar part of the Sea : Or, 2. Of the Ocean, which is ſo called, 1 Kings io: 22. Pſal: 48.8. 1/a: 2: 16. d It ſhall ſhortly be laid waſte ; Which was fulfilled notby Shalmanezer, as ſome would haveit; for though he ftraitned ir for ſome time, yet he never took it; but by Nebuchagnezzar. e So effactually waſted, that there is not an houſe left in it, nor any Merchantsor others that gointo ic, either ro Trade in it, or to repair it- f The ſenſe of the Words thus rendred may be this, [#, :: e: this Burdenor Deſtructien of Tyre, 3s, i: e: ſhall be revealed, declared or made known, unto chem ; ej- ther, 1. tothe Tyrians, to whom this Notice fhould be ſent concern- ing the Preparations of their Enemics againſt them: or, 2. to the Ships, by which he means their Owners or Merchants, from the land of Chittiin: which may be here mentioned either becauſe they firſt had and gave them notice of it, as was now ſaid ; or becauſe their laſt and foreſt deſtruction was brought upon them by Alexander,who was of the Land of Chitrim, as is affirmed by that very antient and venerable, though Apocryphal Writer, 1 Maccab. r, 1,0 8, 5, But this Place is otherwile rendred, both by antient and latter Interpre-
zble to the Hebrew Text, either thus, that ſbe is laid waſte, Jo that there is no houſe, nor entring or comivg in (to wit, for Traffick ) fromtheland of Chittim, is made known to them, to wit,to the Ships or Merchants that uſed to refort thither for Traffick : or rather thus, for z# is laid waſte, ſo that there is no houſe, ( not ats Houſes lefc for the Citizens todwellin ) nor extring or coming in ( to wit, of Merchants) from the land of Chittim ; ſbe( to wit, her People) is removed or gone into captivity, as this Word properly ſignifies and is rendred, 1/a: 38:12. And for the laſt Hibrew Word, lamo which is rendred :0 them (which is the only ObjeQion again this Interpretation ) itis only added as an Elegancy of the Hebrew Language, and hath no further ſigni- fication, as it it alſo, Pſal: 58: 7. and as the Particle /o, which ſigni- þ fies the ſame thing, and ſuch other Pronouns, are frequently re. dundant and inſignificant in the Hebrew Text, as hath been ofr ob- ſerved by Grammarians and Interpreters. He mentions the land of Chittim, becauſe this was an eminent Place for Shipping and Trade | ing, as is manifeſt from Numb: 2 4: 24 Ezek: 27: 6. Dan: x1: $0. and therefore doubrleſs had great Dealings and Commerce with Fyre, and may here be put Synecdochically for all other Countries which traded with her. Ir is notneceſſary, for the underſtanding of this Text, to determine what Chittim is, whether it was was [rs- ly, or Greece, or the Iſlands in thoſe Parts; it is ſufficient to know that it was a Sea-faring Place in the Mialand Sea, and ſo much ſtar- tled and concerned in the Deſtruftion of Tyre. ;
2 Be 7 ſtill g ye inhabitants of the iſle þ, thou whom
the merchants of Zidon 5 that paſs over the ſea k, have repleniſhed 7.
# Heb: Be fllent, as one confounded, and not knowing what to ſay, or as mourners uſe to be, Job 2. 8, 13. Iſa: 47: 5. boaſt no more of thy Wealth and Power, as thou uſedſt rodo. h Heb: of Tyrus, which now was an Iſland, Exzek: 27: 3. & 28. 2, till Alex. axder joyned it to the Continent, as Pliny reports. Although the Title of 1/anaris oft given by the Hebrews to Places bordering up- on the Sea. i An eminent City of Paleftins, nigh unto Tyre, much concerned with her and for her. k That are a Scafaring People. I With Mariners, Ezek 27: 8. and Commodities, ;
2 And by great waters m the ſeed of Sihor », the
harveſt of the river o is her revenue p, and ihe is a mart
of nations q.
m By the Sea, which is very fitly called the great waters, Pſal:107. 23. underſtand, comerh; or is brought to her. » The Cora of Ezypr, wherewith Egypt abounded, and furniſhed divers other Parts of rhe World, whence it was called the Granary of the Roman Empire; which alſo was eaſily conveyed by Sea from Egypt to Tyre,and thence to divers other Countries. This is called feed bere, as allo Hag: 2, 10: and'elſewhere, by an uſual Meronymy, and the ſeed of Sihor, be- cauſe it grew up the more abundantly becauſe of the Overflew of the River, asall ſorts of Authors have noted. For Sibor is nothing
, elſe but N:lus, as appears from Jer: 2. 18. which is called Szhor, as by the Greeks it was called Meas, from its black colour. And this and no other River ſeems to be that Sibor, which is ſo oft mentioned as one of the bounds of the Land of Canaan, as Numb: 34.5, &c, be- cauſe that Land, atleaſt in that extene which God allotted and gave it to the 77aelites, though they through negle& or cowardiſe might not aftually poſſeſs it, did reach to one of the Branches of that Ri- ver: And indeed, if Sihor be not Nilus, that great and neighbouring River is not named in all the Scripture, which ſeems very impro- bable. o This Clauſe explains the former ; that plentiful Harveſt of Corn which comes from the Influence and Inundation of N:lus which is emphatically called the river, as here fo alſo Exod: 1: 22, Ha: 19: 5. Execk: 29: 3, 9* as Euphrates is in other Texts of Scripture, pls as eaſily precured, and plentifully enjoyed by her, as if it grew in her own Terricories. 95 A Place to which all Nations reſorc for Traffick. ;
4 Be thou aſhamed, O Zidon r ; for the ſea [hath
no houſes, no entring in e: from the land of Chittim
| butuſed to be carried in ſtately chariots, or Magnifizent Veſlels. &
#4. 4;
r For Z:aon was a great City near 7hre, and Piono!y wrt,