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upon EZEKIEL. 205
of them fhall be left : Compare Ver. 1 2. and no- Chapter
thing fhall be feen but the Rocks upon the .Sea XXVI.
Shores in the place where the City formerly flood. LA^
Nebuchadnezzar quite demolifhed Old Tyre, and
the Stones and Rubbifh of it were afterward made
ufe of by (Alexander to carry on a Cau fey from the
Continent to' the Ifland \v\\zrz fNewTyre flood, by
which means he took that. See Dr. Trideaux, ubi
ftipra. This latter City is fince fb decayed, that
there are rio Remains of it left, but a few Huts
for Fifhermen to hang out their Sk T ets a drying upon
the Rocks, as it is related by Travellers 'that
have been upon the place. See MaundreVs Tra-
vels, p. 48. and Huetitts, T>emonfi. Evangel. Tr•of.
6.adfiwm;
Ver- 6. Her T)aughters which are in the FieldVer. 6.
JJjallbe flain with the Szvord'.] By the' 'Daughters
of Tyre are meant the leffer Towns which were under
her Jurifditlion, as the Mother City and Seat
of the Kingdom. Compare Chap. xvi. 46. and
^r.'xli.x. 2.
Vev. y. Nebuchadnezzar a King of KJvg : .~]\ r ev.7-
Who hath Kings for his Valfi's and Tributaries.'
See Chap. xvii. 14, 16. T)av. if. p. .
Terfia arTe&ed the fame Tide *>, jr.ward ;
The
Rrr«s of
Ste Ez-
ra vii. 12. as the Kings .^'"^JJyria. had done before.
Set Ifa. x. 8. Hot. v vi m
Ver. 8, 9. He flail make a F:>rt againfi thee, andVzi', 8 q
cafi a Mount again\c thee, &-/] This' ^-.prcilion
ofa Siege properly relates to Old T -r-: wrricb flood
upon the Continent, and was befkged ind taken
by Nebuchadnezzar.
Ver. 9. (And with his (Axes he Jball break dozvnVev. 9.
thy'Towns.yjhQ Word we renderVK#sJ -f!*nr-
fies