“Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.”
And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, and I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock. The specific destruction—walls broken, towers demolished, soil scraped away—details the systematic obliteration of Tyre's built environment and defensive capacity. The image of the city reduced to bare rock symbolizes total desolation and the erasure of human civilization, returning the site to its natural state. This architectural destruction reflects theological judgment: cities built on pride and commercial exploitation will be dismantled by God's hand.
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