For thus says the Lord God: When I make you a city laid waste, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you, the judgment transitions from military destruction to primordial inundation, suggesting that divine judgment can employ cosmological forces. The reference to the 'deep' (Heb. tehom) evokes Genesis 1 imagery of waters that precede creation, suggesting that destruction can undo creation itself. This apocalyptic dimension transforms Tyre's judgment from historical event to cosmic reversal.

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