21I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.
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The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-21)The utter ruin of Tyre is here represented in very strong and lively figures, which are exceedingly affecting. 1. See how high, how great, Tyre had been, how little likely ever to come to this. The remembrance of men’s former grandeur and plenty is a great aggravation of their present disgrace and poverty. Tyre was a renowned city (Ezek. 26:17), famous among the nations, the crowning city (so she…
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