Bible prophecy - Nothing compares

Ezekiel says no such thing. All he says here is that God hadn't yet rewarded him with wages for doing the city in, so God was giving him Egypt for wages.1. Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the city in 573 B.C.2. An island colony was left intact.3. 240 years later Alex the Great built a causeway out of the debris from Nebuchadnezzar's previous destruction of Tyre's mainland and swept the colony clean to the bedrock, casting the rubble into the sea. He used the rubble from The mainland city destruction to build the causeway.4. Fishermen spread their nets there today as the prophecy fortold.5. The city of Tyre that exists today is not on the same site.If you want a bonafide prophecy, there it is. If you don't want a prophecy atol, no matter how it was fulfilled you will find some way to deny it. Too bad you're not that skeptical about all the evo stuff you swallow hook line and sinker.[This message has been edited by buzsaw, 03-03-2004]

Paul, you need to do your homework on this prophecy. Prophecies like physics aren't usually simple.Concerning this prophecy:1. More than one nation will be involved. (26:3).
2. The walls and towers will come down. (26:4).
3. The invaders will remove the debris of the city. (unusual) (26:4).
4. Nebuchadnezzar will be a very significant one of the attackers. (26:7).
5. Stones and timbers go in the water. (26:12).
6. Finally bear rock for the fiserman to spread nets. (26:14).
7. No more Tyre at that site ever. (26:14).PROPHECY FULFILLED!!

Antigonus was one of Alex's generals. After the colony fell and the wall torn down there was some rebuilding but my understanding is that this was at the new city where it is now and that must have been what Antigonus attacked.

Verse 7 thru 11 is very definately talking about Nebuchadnezzar and Neb never entered Tyre. Tyre is the island...the mainland was Usha, more of a suburb.I beg to differ and the Encyclopedia Brittanica agrees: Asgara: I understand there's a fishing village or town there. The Bible implicates this to be so by stating there will be fishing and fishermen there. Fishermen usually dwell near their work. The prophecy was to the effect that no city would be rebuilt. As the encyclopedia verifies, Neb did his part for fulfillment of the prophecy. You're forgetting that other nations were also involved in this prophecy, not just Neb.

It's interesting that if you begin reading at verse 7, speaking of Neb, the wording goes, "he" shall do this and "he" shall do that. Then when you get to your verse 12 the pronoun suddenly becomes "they" shall take spoil, etc. It appears that other than Neb receives spoils from the destruction. At any rate, evidently God didn't figure he was rewarded enough for what he did for the purpose of God. This was already addressed. Get over it. I repeat, He was not the lone invader. Other nations were to be involved according to the entire prophecy.

Ezekiel 26:19This verse, imo, lends a great deal of credibility to this prophecy. What city in ancient days would be covered with water after it's invasion and destruction? It's just not what happens. It was a great feat for Alexanders men to accomplish this by moving all that debris into the sea without machinery to do the job, a great feat, indeed. The prophet was right on here, with amazing precision.

Better read up more carefully, Paul and this time include the commas. The statement is saying Tyre, ............., was a colony, .........Your yada about Neb is not substantial enough to even warrant a reply. You need to get real.

I suppose it had to obviously be quite close for Alex to make his causway with the debris of it.

Why should I bother to reply to your post when rather than allowing me to have an opinion, you will again likely regard my responses as being lies when they don't suit your thinking?

Amlodhi, here I have the city built on both the island and the mainland without designating which was first. I think you're right though, that the island was the oldest, but don't see how that diminishes the prophecy since Neb did his part and the others did theirs.

Hi Amlodhi,You like to microspect the prophecies so as to eliminate the whole picture to your advantage, but that doesn't work if you're after truth. We need to keep the whole prophecy in focus to understand the truth of it, as follows, and I repeat:1. More than one nation will be involved. (26:3).
2. The walls and towers will come down. (26:4).
3. The invaders will remove the debris of the city. (unusual) (26:4).
4. Nebuchadnezzar will be a very significant one of the attackers. (26:7).
5. Stones and timbers go in the water. (26:12).
6. Finally bear rock for the fiserman to spread nets. (26:14).
7. No more Tyre at that site ever. (26:14). See item 1. 1. According to the prophecy, Alex didn't have to do the whole thing. Other nations were to be involved.2. I've stated that a fishing village is there. Is there more today?

Thanks very much, Ken. I use the old 1901 American Standard Version, ASV and believe it is the best ever Bible for accuracy. I believe the ASV uses mostly MT with some from LXX for the OT, but not sure about that. The LXX has the Apocrapha in it I believe.

Why don't you simply answer my question. Is there more than a fishing village/town on the peninsula today?[This message has been edited by buzsaw, 03-16-2004]

I'm not playing games atol, but you seem to like ring around the rosey when I ask you the hard questions for your position. It was likely relatively so before the fishermen moved in. You and yours are the ones insisting the island was the major part of the city and I have to agree. You need to give these prophecies at least a little of the leeway you people allow for physics and science, but no, you like to micro cross examine to the Nth degree for some little fault to hang your weak argument on.