“Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:”
God's declaration that he will send fire upon Tyre because of the people taken captive and delivered to Edom, and the covenant of brothers was not remembered, articulates that Tyre's sin involves the same slave trade as Gaza, but with the added dimension of covenant violation through the betrayal of brotherly relationships. The reference to covenant of brothers suggests that Tyre had entered into formal agreements with other peoples that committed them to mutual support and restraint, yet this covenant was disregarded in the pursuit of profit through the slave trade. The judgment indicates that God holds international treaties and human relationships as morally binding, and that their violation constitutes a transgression worthy of divine punishment.
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