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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For thus saith the Lord God,.... Both to the terror of Tyre, and for the comfort of his people: when I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; whose trade is ruined, whose inhabitants are destroyed, and whose walls are broken down, and become a mere waste and desert; where no person or anything of value are to be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit,.... The grave, and make thee like to them: with the people of old time; either the people of the old world, or, however, who have been dead long ago: and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth; where the dead are laid: in places desolate of old: long ago unfrequented by men;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I will make thee a terror,.... To all the isles round about, who shall shake and tremble at the ruin of Tyre, as before observed; or to herself, being brought into a most terrible and distressed condition: and thou shall be no more: in the same place and situation, in the same happy state and condition: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou...