26:1–28:26 Review · Ezekiel squeezes four nations into the prophecy of chapter 25. By contrast, he devotes three whole chapters (26–28) to Tyre and four (29–32) to Egypt. One is a city, the other a nation. One is a powerful economic and trading community. The other is a regional power but was once a military superpower. Perhaps Ezekiel’s extended treatment of these two nations is due to the fact that only these two were in revolt against Nebuchadnezzar at the time Judah was. They survived (for a while at least), while Judah/Jerusalem did not.

26:1–21 · The most distinctive feature of Tyre was its physical location, a rocky island just off the Phoenician coast. The natural and artificial harbors provided Tyre with economic advantages and military security. Josephus tells us, in substantia…