lows, wealthy, antient, and much frequented City in the midft of great Security, no doubr, had all ſorts of Muſick, and loud Muſick on the Water eſpecially. & And Songs to their Muſick, but God will daſh itall. 1 This particular Muſick mentioned as one 0 the nobleſt, and moſt in requeſt ; but no more ſhall be heard, in Tyre after it is taken by Nebuchadnezzar.
14 And I will make thee like the top of a rock #2 3 thou ſhaic be @ place to ſpread nets upon »; thou ſhalt be buile no more Þ: for I the LORD have ſpoken zr, faith the Lord GOD. | EO
mm See wer. 4. # See wer. 5. Jet. *, o Kither not this long time, or elſe not built in Greatneſs and Glory, or not raiſed to bea King- dom, or not by the Inhabitans of old Tyre, or not with the ſame Laws, Cuſtoms and Uſages; indeed, tho there was a City of that name buulr, yet 'twas built on the Continent, and in propriety of Speech was ano« ther City, not Q1d Tyrus.
15. T Thus faich the Lord GOD to Tyrus , Shall not the iſles p ſhake at the ſound of thy fall, when the
wounded cry, when the ſlaughter is made in the midit of
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? Iſles, which are Places freeſt from the danger of Invaſions, and in thole Days thought themſelves ſafe, will think themſelves in danger, and ſhake with fear, when they hear that Tyre is fallen :' *twill amaze, and frivht them all, when they hear thy Men were wounded, and {lain in the midſt of thee who dwelleſt in the Sea.
16 Then * all the princes 9 of the ſea ſhall come down » from their thrones, and lay 5 away their robes, and 2nd put off their broidered * garments: they ſhall clothe & themſelves with + trembling «, they ſhall fic upon the ground, and ſhall tremble at every moment, and be aſto. nilbed at thee, | * 49 Who were Lords ofthe Iſlands in that Sea, and who traded with : Hrus, and there were many ſuch ; or Sea-Commanders who, in their | wooden World, are ſo many petty Princes ; but rather the former, the crowned Heads, whoſe Kingdom were ſo many Iſlands. » In to- ken of Sadneſs and Condolence. 5s As farther ſign of Grief. *: This is added alſo to ſhew, how greatly they were affected with Sorrow at this fad Fall of their Ally, and Friend. « This laying aſide -of their Gallantry ſhall not be in compliment, as now in ſuch Caſes of Condo. lence, but they ſhall be heartily afraid of their own Concerns, and aſto- niſht in the nudſt of their Fears.
17 And they ſhall take up - y a * lamentation for
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that waſt inhabited of ſea-faring men, the renowned b city which waſt ſtrong «c in the ſea, ſhe and her inha. bitants , which cauſe their terrour to be on all that haunt it? :
x Princes of the Sea, vr. 16. y Solemnly; heartily, and for many days bewailthee. = By a Proſepopeia, or Filtion of Perſons, perſonare a diſmal,ſorrowtu] Congreſs with fallen Tyre. @ Alas, itis ſo? Can it be true? How is it that thou art deſtroyed, who hadſt ſo many Friends, ſo much Riches ? &c. 6 For thy Strength, Wealth and Wit: dom. ©c Strong indeed, and thoughr impregnable. 4 Who durſt ſer on thee, who over-awdit all the bold Adventurers at Sea ?
18 Now ſhall the Iſles e tremble in the day of thy fall F; yea, the Iſles that are in the fea g ſhall be troubled + at thy departure z.
e Or Ships, ſo it might be rendred ; whether one or other, 'tis the thing for the Men, as 1/es for 1fanders, or Ships for Mariners. f Appre- bending that nothing can ſtand if Tyre fall, and thar they ate in dan- | gertoo. g Ar great diſtance, and farther from Land. + Grieved and perplext. 7 Leaving thy antient Dwelling, which from eldeſt Ages { thy People had enjoyed with liberty, to go into Captivity.
E 19 For thus faith the Lord GOD, When I ſhall make
| thee a deſolate city, like y the cities that are not inhabi- | ted, when IT ſhall bring up the deep % upon thee, and great a waters ſhall cover thee;
x Have made thee what now I threaten IT will make thee. y In the ame Stare with Cities that have not any to dwell in them; whoſe Walls
ſt { are broken down, and into whoſe Streets all ſolitary wild Beaſts may he | Cmeat pleaſure. x Figuratively, Nebuch adnez2ar's Army; literally, ne WE hen thy Walls and Ramparts are ſo broken down by the Chaldeans, ot that the Sea at high Tides, and in ſtormy ſwelling Seas overflows part £0 | Ofthine Antient Seat. « Either literally, as the deep coming up; or cs. WW '©0fforically, great Affiitions ſhall flow over thee.
20 When I ſhall bring thee down 6b, with theni that e def "Y . A ; «
vt cend into the pit c, with the people of 4 old time,
thee, and ſay to - z thee, How - 4 art thou deſtroyed}
nor ſhall we find any ſuch Coinpan
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and {Fall ſet thee in the low e parts of the earth, in. places defolate of old, with them chat go: down to. the pit, that
thou be not inhabited, and I ſhal ſer f glory in the land of the living g :
6 Deſtroy thee, ſlay thee ; and. c bury thee, throw thee into the Grave. d Who are long ſince dead, and gone ta Eternity, the Peo- ple of Eternity. e Another Deſcription of the Grave, from the Si- tuation, and from the Solitudes, or Deſolation of ir. In brief, when Tyre, as adead Man, ſhall be buried, forgotten, and periſh utterly, and and my Hand hath done it, then it ſhall be known my Hand hath avenged and puniſh'd all her Infolence, Inhumanicy, and Coverouſneſy that ſhe diſcovered when ſhe rejoiced at Feruſalem's Fall. - f Reftors the Beauty, Strength, Wealth of 1/-ae!, bring them hack to Fernſalems, to worſhip in a rebuilt Temple, where they ſhall enjoy me. 7 Land of Fudea,called Land of the Living, becauſe a Land where God will bleſs, and give Life by his Word, Ordinances and Spirit: Thus different ſhall Tyre's Captivity and Jeruſalen,s be. |
21 * I will makethee a + terrour.h, and thou ſhalt be no »2ore, 7 - though thou be ſought. & for, yet ſhalt thou +5. & 7 never be found again, faith the Lord GOD. "a | . 6 Or Conſumption, T will utterly conſume thee, with more than one | Heb. te+- kind of Deſtruion will I deſtroy thee, and make thee thereby a Ter. 724r-- ror to all that hear the Bruit of thee. z See wer. 14. let.o. & If any | Wall be ſo curious as to enquire, if come to ſeek our the Footſteps of 'this Antient Tyre, they ſhall loſe their labour ; no Signs of it on the | Rock, where once it ſtood. 1 Rich, populous, potent, wiſe, renowned ; Tyre, as once thou waſt, ſhalt never more be found ; and alas, that which is now on the Continent, is not fit to bear its name, much leſs to be counted the ſame City.