DAR
Let me give the brief response to your pebble:
Ezekiel 26 says regarding Tyre:
...thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; THOU SHALT BE
BUILT NO MORE: for I the LORD have spoken it,... I shall make thee
a desolate city, like the cities THAT ARE NOT INHABITED;... THAT
THOU BE NOT INHABITED; Ezek. 26: 14, 19, 20
THOU SHALT BE NO MORE THOUGH THOU BE SOUGHT FOR,
YET SHALT THOU NEVER BE FOUND AGAIN, saith the Lord God.
Ezek. 26: 21
Chapter 27 goes on:
The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a
terror, and NEVER SHALT BE ANY MORE. Ezek. 27:36
I called information. They told me that the number to call for
directory assistance for Tyre is: #011961. The specific city code
for Tyre is #7. An atlas I looked in shows a mainland airport. My
encyclopedia gives a population of 23,000 for Tyre. My JW
"Insight on the Scriptures" has a nice aerial photo of the
peninsula. Lots of buildings and you can see the boats in the
harbor. Would you like a copy of the picture?
Ezekiel's prophecy fails.
I hope your other four stones are better.
cheers,
Darrel
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>From the World Book Encyclopedia, pg. 542:
"Alexander conquered the city in 332 B.C. and built a road from the
mainland to the Island, creating a peninsula from which the present
town of Tyre --also called Sur-- stands."