This is a BLARING and OBVIOUS false prophecy.
Why wasn't Tyre destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar as prophesied by Ezekiel (Ezekiel 26)?
When it was destroyed by Alexander the Great, why didn't it
remain desolate as prophesied by Ezekiel?
2007-03-30 06:49:45 · 12 answers · asked by jeff7272 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
shaqq: it proved itself wrong, i just brought it to your attention. don't kill the messenger.
2007-03-30 07:02:42 · update #1
primoa: no it is not desolate, it is a thriving city in Syria
besides, the prophecy said nebuchadnezzar would destroy it...he didn't
2007-03-30 07:04:30 · update #2
granny annie: Ezekiel specifically goes into detail about how it would be utterly decimated. it never happened.
please tear Ezekiel from your bible now.
2007-03-30 07:05:55 · update #3
preacher: incredibly weak! Ezekiel went into great detail about HOW the city would be destroyed (ramps up to the walls, etc.)
now settle down while grown-folks are talking!
2007-03-30 07:08:34 · update #4
john d: were talking about Ezekiel, not Jonah. why would god leave out his mercy on the city? did he want to confuse us? did Tyre give up it's "evil" ways? i don't think so!
2007-03-30 07:10:24 · update #5
steve: sometimes what is obvious is just that. OBVIOUS.
this is an obvious false prophecy, please tear Ezekiel from your bible.
2007-03-30 07:11:50 · update #6
Well, of course *specific* prophecies almost never come true; it's the vague ones like 'at some time in the future (before jesus returns) there will be some major storm).
I guess you could concoct explanations like 'it was rebuilt', or there was another city by that name which was destroyed' or 'the translation got it wrong' or something equally convoluted.
2007-03-30 06:54:39 · answer #1 · answered by eldad9 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The parallel prophetic passage is Ezekiel's lamentation upon the king of Tyre:
You were the seal of resemblance, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. You were in the pleasures of the paradise of God; every precious stone was thy covering; the sardius, the topaz, and the jasper, the chrysolite, and the onyx, and the beryl, the sapphire, and the carbuncle, and the emerald; gold the work of your beauty: and your pipes were prepared in the day that you were created. You a cherub stretched out, and protecting, and I set you in the holy mountain of God, you have walked in the midst of the stones of fire. You were perfect in your wave from the day of creation, until iniquity was found in you. (Ezekiel 28:12-15)
There is much in the context that can only be understood literally of an earthly king concerning whom the words are professedly spoken, but it is clear that in any case the king is likened to an angel in Paradise who is ruined by his own iniquity.
Even for those who in no way doubt or dispute it, the doctrine set forth in these texts and patristic interpretations may well suggest a multitude of questions, and theologians have not been loath to ask and answer them.
2007-03-30 14:46:53 · answer #2 · answered by Isabella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes things which seem blaring and obvious are more complicated. There has been a lot written on this. I would recommend that you begin with Daniel Block's commentary on Ezekiel. Use his bibliography as you seek to understand it.
Also, it may help to look at a good hermeneutics book such as Introduction to Biblical Interpretation by Klein, Blomberg, and Hubbard. A resource such as this can help you understand some of the different ways authors convey prophecies in their prophetic writings.
2007-03-30 14:01:51 · answer #3 · answered by Steve 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The destruction of Tyre in Eze 26 refers to the destruction of the kingdom of the Antichrist during the Great Tribulation. Don't run your fingers across what you do not understand.
2007-03-30 13:55:22 · answer #4 · answered by Preacher 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Read the book of Jonah.
Jonah was a prophet who said that Nineveh would be destroyed and then God relented because the people turned to him.
Just because a prophecy is not fulfilled does not mean that the prophet was wrong or evil or not a prophet.
2007-03-30 13:58:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because the Bible is NOT the word of God but a book that was created by men to try to explain the world and the hardships they encountered. Since men are fallible there were inumerable errors in the Bible.
2007-03-30 13:54:56 · answer #6 · answered by Silverwing6700 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It depends on what version of the Bible you are reading and what context you are taking it in.
People interpret the Bible about thirty to forty different ways.
That's why we have so many different religions.
2007-03-30 13:53:24 · answer #7 · answered by octo75 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As a powerful maritime city-state, it WAS destroyed.
It has NEVER regained either its pre-eminence or its regional power base as a mover and shaker for the Eastern Mediterranean.
2007-03-30 13:55:03 · answer #8 · answered by Granny Annie 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No unless you are protestant you aren't allowed to take books OUT of the bible.
2007-03-30 13:54:11 · answer #9 · answered by luvv2rock 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
yes the hole bible is a lie thay are all false prohecys
2007-03-30 13:53:08 · answer #10 · answered by andrew w 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋