19    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; 'Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

     This should inform you of another reason why God's 'counsel' against old Tyre still has another fulfilment. The island 'rock' was made waste, but the leaders and princes of Tyre did not all perish, but escaped elsewhere to continue their trafficking.

Isa 23:11    He stretched out his hand over the sea, He shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
12    And He said, "Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest."

     This shaking of kingdoms is when God laid Tyre to waste. The tense of this 11th verse is past historical tense; that the destruction of that old island is past. Now God's rebuke comes upon "the merchant city", meaning those Kenites who escaped from Tyre. Strike out that KJV word "city". It's not in the Hebrew Manuscripts, as it's Strong's word no. 9999, meaning an inserted word. The phrase "the merchant" is Hebrew Kena'an, meaning 'Canaan' (Strong's no. 3667). If we had read this verse directly from the Hebrew, then we would instantly know our Father is not speaking of all 'merchants', but of a specific peoples mixing with the sons of Canaan, i.e. the Kenite (Hebrew 'Qayin', son of Cain, Strong's no. 7014).
     God is saying in verse 12 something like, "Go on, get up from Tyre and pass over to Cyprus (Chittim, or 'Kittim'). You won't get any rest there either."

Isa 23:13    Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and He brought it to ruin.
14    Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

     The main point of this verse is how our Father is in control. This "land of the Chaldeans" reference was a time when it was just a small area of southern Babylonia (circa 2286 B.C.?). It would become much later at its prominence the kingdom of Chaldea Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar. Assyria itself later fell around 625 B.C., clearing the way for the kingdom of Babylon to come into existence.

 

 Zeph.2:13-15: Read All.

 

The tower of Babel was raised in Shinar Babylonia and God destroyed it. The Assyrians reigned over the area forming the Assyrian kingdom of palaces and towers, and Cyaxares (pro Syr-rees) the Mede would later aid in its destruction. And then out of nowhere, the kingdom of Babylon would come into being, and also later be destroyed by Cyrus and the Medes. And yet after Cyrus, Alexander of Grecia (Greece) would both destroy the Medo-Persia Empire, and provide the final defeat of the area of Tyre. All those kingdoms greatly lauded by man rose... and fell... at God's Hand.
     Because Nebuchadnezzar didn't get any spoils with his siege of Tyre, God gave him to conquer Egypt, using him to chastise and rebuke His People along the way (recall Ezek.29 above). All these past 'ancient' kingdoms rose, but eventually fell by God's Hand. So who did these of Tyrus think they were, bragging their kingdom of Tyre was of "ancient days"? (Isa.23:7 above).

 

God even destroyed that first earth age when Satan rebelled, trembling this old earth then.

 

Jer.4:23 > Read All.