A VIRTUOUS WOMAN IS A CROWN TO HER HUSBAND: BUT SHE THAT MAKETH ASHAMED IS AS ROTTENNESS IN HIS BONES.-Prov. xii. 4. No. 45. Jesus visits the quarter of Tyre and Sidon. [Ver. 20, 2 xliv. p. 11.] 21 Then Jesus went thence, and-departed into the coasts of-Tyre and Sidon. MARK Vii. 24. And from-thence he-arose, and-went 24 into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, Jesus heals the daughter of a Syro-Phoenician woman. 22 And, behold, a-woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and-cried unto- MARK Vii. 24-30. SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS. Mk. vii. 24. Tyre-frequently referred to in the prophetic Scriptures-see NOTES, infra, and GEOG. NOTICE, pp. 16-20. Sidon-see GEOG. NOTICE, pp. 21-23. Mt. xv. 22. Canaan-the name of the country dwelt in by the descendants of the younger son of Ham, Ge. x. 6, 15-20-Ham exposed the nakedness of Noah, his father, ch. ix. 22-and, in consequence, the curse of the lowest servitude to his brethren came upon Canaan's posterity, ver. 24-7-When Abram was led into the land of promise, the Canaanite was then in the land,' ch. xii. 6-the whole of that land was promised to Abram: the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates,' ch. xv. 18-I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God,' ch. xvii. 8-possession was given of the land of Canaan to Israel, under Joshua, Jos. xxiv. 11-3-upon the condition of obedience to a covenant, 14-25-which they very soon broke, Jud. ii. 11—.5; iii. 1, 3-7, Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, 3, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath. 4, And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the com-mandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. 5, And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: 6, and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. 7, And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves'-even in the days of Solomon, that part of Canaan, where Jesus now was, was reigned over by a prince, Hiram, king of Tyre, who had at least a nominal independence, 1 Ki. v. 1—12. son of David-ch. ix. 27, § 36, p. 285; Lu. xviii. 38, $78; Mt. xx. 30, [Mk. x. 47.) § 79--Hiram, the king of Tyre, had been a lover of David,' 2 Sa. v. 11; 1 Ki. v. 1-& had made a league' with Solomon, ver. 12-a type of the true Son of David, Ps. lxxii. p. (23)-who was in truth to build a house for the name of the Lord, 2 Sa. vii. 12-.6-typified by the temple which Hiram assisted Solomon to build, 1 Ki. ix. 10, .1; Eph. ii. 18-22. grievously vexed-see also xvii. 15, § 51, p. 59, Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed,' &c. NOTES. [Mt. xv. 21. Then Jesus went thence, &c. It may be remarked, that the ministry of Christ, as carried out by the apostles, was especially to the north-west of the land of Israel; and this course, which had been pointed out by the prophets, Is. xli. 1-3, p. (41), was indicated by the personal ministry of our Lord himself he was now in the extreme north-west corner of the land, in the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.' There is no instance recorded of his proceeding in the opposite direction from Jerusalem during the whole period of his ministry.] Tyre. Called by the Hebrews, Tor, now Soor, a colony of Sidon, see Is. xxiii. 12, built about 1700 years B.C. Tyre was celebrated for wealth, manufactures, commerce, and purple dye. Nebuchadnezzar besieged it thirteen years-see xxiii. 1-16, p. 16; Eze. xxvi. 2-13, p. 17; xxviii. 2-19. A new and strong city was built on the neighbouring island, which was taken and burnt by Alexander, 332 years B.C., having connected it with the main land by a causeway composed of materials taken from the old city, whereby was accomplished the prediction, xxvi. 12, ́ ́ They shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in PRACTICAL REFLECTIONS. [Mt. xv. 22. In the Canaanitish woman we are given an example of prevailing prayer. There was much to discourage her, she being supposed to be a woman of Canaan, a descendant of the race against whom the sentence of extirpation had gone forth and yet there was promise, that he that remaineth, EVEN he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite;' which promise was to be fulfilled, in connection with the coming of the King of Sion. The woman had thus the promised mercy of the Son of David to plead; and she does plead, as if she knew the promise delivered in the midst of threatening, Zech. ix. 2-9, p. (29). Utterly disclaiming any ground of trust in ourselves, let us have confidence in God, because of his promises.] Lord and the Son of David, or the promised Messiah. In her prayer she acknowledged Jesus to be both She prays for deliverance for her daughter; not so much from temporal evil, although that, of course, was included. It is for deliverance from spiritual evil that she supplicates the saving power of Jesus. St. Matthew, from ver. 22-4, inclusive, relates what took place in public; and ver. 25.8, what in private; whereas St. Mark, from first to last, confines himself to the latter only.-Greswell, Vol. II. p. 355. VOL. II.] GOOD UNDERSTANDING GIVETH FAVOUR.-Prov. xiii. 15. C [13 A GOOD MAN LEAVETH AN INHERITANCE TO HIS CHILDREN'S CHILDREN AND THE WEALTH OF THE SINNER IS LAID UP FOR THE JUST.-Prov. xiii. 22. SECT. XLV. THE WOMAN PERSISTETH IN HER APPLICATION TO JESUS. THE LORD IS FAR FROM THE WICKED: BUT HE HEARETH THE PRAYER OF THE RIGHTEOUS.-Prov. xv. 29. PART IV. band entered into an house, and wouldhave no-man know it: but he-could not be-hid. For a-certain-woman, whose 25 young-daughter had an-unclean spirit, heard of him, and-came and-fell at his feet: " d The woman was a-Greek, a-Syro-phe- 26 nician by-nation; and she-besought him SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS. Mt. xv. 23. Send her away, &c.-supposed to mean, 'grant her request'-the word is translated, put away,' Mt. i. 19, § 2, p. 13; and, 'let depart,' Lu. ii. 29, § 4, p. 25. for she crieth, &c.-The motive here adduced was that which prevailed with the unjust judge, Lu. xviii. 1-8, § 73, p. 214- he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me,' ver. 4, 5. 24. lost sheep, &c-see on Mt. ix. 36, as sheep having no shepherd,' § 39, p. 294; and on the instructions to the twelve, x. 6, § ib. p. 295, But go rather to the lost sheep.' house of Israel-that which was principally called the house of Israel,' had been separated from the 'house of Judah' at the death of Solomon, 1 Ki. xii. -had been carried away captive by the Assyrians, 2 Ki. xviii. 9-12, And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. 10, And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 11, And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: 12, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD com nanded, and would not hear them, nor do them'-They prophets, Is. vii. 8, 9, p. (14); Ho. i. 6-9, p. (30)-In were now lost among the Gentiles, as predicted by the gospel times they were to be found as having become sons of the living God,' ver. 10-when Israel and Judah are again to be united under their One Head, ver. 11-The Lord promised to follow the lost people according to the everlasting covenant, Ho. ii. p. (31) into the wilderness, and espouse them to himself will make with the house of Israel after those days, -see He. viii. 10-.3, For this is the covenant that I and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, a God, and they shall be to me a people: 11, and they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 12, For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 13, In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away-Rev. vii. 2-4, And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 3, saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 4, And I heard the number of them which were sealed and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.' Mk. vii. 26. a Greek-this seems to refer to the language in which she was accustomed to speak NOTES. Mt. xv. 25. Worshipped him. Bowed down to himdid him reverence. To 'worship,' is to bow down with reverence; and so worship is, (1.) Civil reverence, given to one of authority or worth, Mt. ix. 18, § 36, p. 279; xviii. 26, § 53, p. 85; Lu. xiv. 10, § 67, p. 182. (2) Outward religious homage, given as an acknowledgment of Deity, Mt. iv. 10, § 9, p. 66; Da. iii. 5, 12, 4.-(3.) Inward religious honour, whereby one thinks of, trusts to, loves and fears God, because of his infinite excellency, mercy, power, wisdom, and the like, Jno. iv. 21, § 13, p. 94. needs the help of the Lord Jesus. Mk. vii. 26. The woman was a Greek. It does not bouring countries there were worshippers of the true follow that she was an idolatress, for in the neighGod, as Cornelius, Lydia, and others. is from the word Tyre, or Sour, after which city, the A Syro-phenician. The first part of this, Syro,' PRACTICAL REFLECTIONS. Mt. xv. 23. The woman was earnest in her prayer; she made an effort to come unto the Lord with her suit, and cried unto him, as having the object of her request deeply at heart. She is persevering in prayer, notwithstanding seeming neglect. Jesus answered her not a word, and yet she continued to cry after him, even so as to annoy his disciples. We are not to suppose that the Lord intends to deny us, because he delays to give a favourable answer. [24 ver. From the ground of our Lord's refusal to send this supposed Čanaanitish woman away, let us be taught to persevere with hopeful confidence in prayer, knowing that it was unto us, who were lost, and who are found in these isles afar off, cast out 14] unto the ends of the earth, that the Good Shepherd in the prophets, Je. xxxi. 10, p. (39), Hear the word was more especially sent, even as had been foretold of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.' Is. xli. 1-5, p. (41); xlv. 22—5, &c., p. (22).] from the consideration, that if this woman had such 24, .5 ver. We may take encouragement in prayer compassion upon her child, God, the Father of the fatherless, will not have less compassion upon his outcasts, the children of promise; the more especially as we are assured that this was the special object of the mission of the Son of God into our world. BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL AND ALL THAT IS WITHIN ME, BLESS HIS HOLY NAME.-Psalm ciii. 1. HE WILL REGARD THE PRAYER OF THE DESTITUTE.-Psalm cii. 17. [VOL. II. BEHOLD, THE EYE OF THE LORD IS UPON THEM THAT FEAR HIM, UPON THEM THAT HOPE IN HIS MERCY.-Psalm xxxiii. 18. thus the Greeks are contrasted with the Hebrews, And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration,' Ac. vi. 1and with the Barbarians, I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise,' Ro. i. 14. the dogs-see on Mt. vii. 6, § 19, p. 138. Mt. xv. 27. Truth'-this word is the same which is translatedYea,' Philem. 20, and surely,' and 'even so,' Rev. xxii. 20- Even so, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat,' &c.-it is thus that the prodigal son is willing to be restored to his father's house, I am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one with the case of Ephraim, Je. xxxi. 18-20, p. (39)of thy hired servants,' Lu. xv. 19, § 68, p. 192-comp. the children of promise will thus be most willing to Gentiles. partake of the grace of God, even as the common Mk. vii. 27. Let the children first be filled [or, fed]-there is an order in the Divine procedure with regard to the Gospel. It was first preached to the Jews: Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the the dogs eat of the crumbs, &c.-a similar idea is word to none but unto the Jews only,' Ac. xi. 19-presented, Is. xliii. 19-21, p. (27)-when the Lord Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It will bestow the promised blessing upon his chosen was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, people, it will not be to the exclusion of those tribes and families of men, who have been as beasts and and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, birds of prey, dwelling amid desolations, and delighting in darkness: 20, The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. 21, This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise'so when the power of the anointing will be made to appear, xi. 1-6, p. (48), The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid,' &c. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain '-and why?-because of the abundance of blessing, of which they partake: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea,' ver. 7-9. lo, we turn to the Gentiles,' xiii. 46-it then went forth to those Gentiles toward the north-west, among whom the twelve tribes were scattered abroad-see Ja. i. 1; 1 Pe. i. 1; and Rom. ix. 24-.6, Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 25, As he saith also in Ösee [when speaking of Israel as lost among the Gentiles-see p. 14, Mt. xv. 24], I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. 26, And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.' When the people of promise have grown into the predicted multitude, or fulness of nations, Ge. xlviii. 19-see ver. 28, p. 16-when the people appointed unto the birthright, (1 Ch. v. 2)- the children of God that were scattered abroad,' (Jno. xi. 52, § 58, p. 133) are come in, deliverance will be brought forth to all the tribes of Israel; and also to the dispersed remnant of the house of Judah, Ro. xi. 25, 6-comp. Eze. xxxvii. p. (30). The order is stated, Is. xi. 12, And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four,' &c. 28. great is thy faith-there may be here an allusion to the first name of the father of the faithful, Abram, referred to in connection with the promise of blessing to all the families of the earth, Ge. xii. 1—3— And I will make of thee a GREAT NATION, and I will bless thee, and make thy name GREAT; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed,' ver. 2, 3-This people, in whose blessing the nations VOL. 11.] 28 ver. To this woman, who, if of the house of Israel, was so lost as such, that she was called a woman of Canaan, a Greek, a Syro-phenician by nation,' Jesus granted her whole heart's desire, saying, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt." Let us from this learn the value SAVE ME, O GOD, BY THY NAME,- Psalm liv. 1, TRUST IN HIM AT ALL TIMES; YE PEOPLE, POUR OUT YOUR HEART BEFORE HIM GOD IS A REFUGE FOR US. SELAH.-Psalm lxii. 8. [15 MATT. XV. 28. And her daughter was-made-whole can [Ver. 29, 1 xlvi. p. 24.] MARK vii. 29 30. saying go-thy-way; the devil is-gone-out And when-she-was-come to her house, 30 SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS. generally are to partake, were to be made great through the blessing of faith, Ge. xlviii. 14-.6, p. (43) -comp. He. xi. 21, By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph'-and when requested not to cross his hands in so doing, he refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be GREAT but truly his younger brother shall be GREATER than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations,' Ge. xlviii. 19-This people, made great through the blessing of faith, were to become Z types of blessing, not only for the nations generally, but for Israel: And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make THE LORD IS NIGH UNTO ALL THEM THAT CALL UPON HIM, TO ALL THAT CALL UPON HIM IN TRUTH.-Psalm cxlv. 18. thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh,' ver. 20-soon may it be said unto this people, as prevailing in prayer, like their father Jacob, xxxii. 24-30, p. (105), and like this woman of Canaan, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt'-then will the people of the God of Abraham be indeed great, and by them will the Lord be greatly exalted," Ps. xlvii. 9, p. (90)-and the more they are exalted, the more will they know that it is for blessing unto all as they have opportunity, according to the law of the kingdom, Lu. xxii. 24-30, § 87, p. 375-' He that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he | that is chief, as he that doth serve, ver. 26. PRACTICAL REFLECTIONS. and power of faith. Mere natural descent is nothing in comparison of this. ['Kind and honourable are those parents who bring their children to Jesus, and will not be denied his blessing. Graciously he travels to meet distressed sinners, and yet he may occasionally seem to deny himself to those for whom he has the strongest affection, and for whom he intends the most speedy deliverance, and most distinguished honours. Strong is the power of faith, when he animates and strengthens it under trials. It breaks through every discouragement, and lays hold on the most indirect hints of mercy. And great is the honour it gains in thus honouring Christ. And since this world is so full of miseries and wants, let us bring all to Christ, that, to his own glory, he may heal the former, and supply the latter."] [His grace indeed makes a wonderful change even in the weakest believer. It gives the highest and most honourable views of Christ; the tenderest compassion to afflicted friends; earnest importunity in prayer for their relief; and great humility and patience under seeming insults and denials of help. And Jesus sometimes tries the faith of his people by great discouragements, even while he secretly upholds and animates it, till at last he crowns it with the full enjoyment of all that it can wish.'] We should come with humility and faith. We can never think too little of ourselves, or too much of the mercy and faithfulness of Christ. It is the prayer of humility and faith which is answered.' GEOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. TYRE, p. 12. TYRE, TYRUS, (SUR, SOOR.)-SCRIPTURE NOTICES. "... The strong city Tyre,' Jos. xix. 29. B.C. 1444.* 'And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house,' 2 Sa. v. 11. B.C. 1043.-See 1 Ki. v. 1. B.C. 1014. B.C. 1017. The strong hold of Tyre...'-2 Sa. xxiv. 7. And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house, (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedartrees and fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee,' 1 Ki. ix. 10, &c. 2 Ch. ii. B.C. 992. tering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to 10, Pass Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; 5, because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: 6, the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. 7, Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: 8, and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it,' Joel iii. 4-8. B.C. 800. I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof,' Amos i. 10. B.C. 'The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no enThese dates are supplied from the Oxford edition of the Bible, and will serve to give a chronological view of the historical and prophetical notices. 787. 16] THE VOICE OF THE LORD IS POWERFUL.-Psalm xxix. 4. VOL. II. HE WILL FULFIL THE DESIRE OF THEM THAT FEAR HIM HE ALSO WILL HEAR THEIR CRY, AND WILL SAVE THEM.-Psalm cxlv. 19. GIVE UNTO THE LORD, O YE MIGHTY, GIVE UNTO THE LORD GLORY AND STRENGTH.-Psalm xxix. 1. hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. 17, And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. 18, And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable (Heb. old] clothing,' Is. xxiii. B.Č. 715. Eze. xxvi. And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2, Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: 3, therefore thus saith the Lord GoD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. 4, And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. 5, It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GoD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations. 6, And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD. 7, For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people. 8, He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee. 9, And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. 10, By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. 11, With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground. 12, And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water. 13, And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. 14, And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. 15, Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? 16, Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee. 17, And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it! 18, Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure. 19, For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; 20, when I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living; 21, I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.'* B.C. 588. -And see Je. xxv. 15-22. B. C. 606-xlvii. 4, p. 21. B.C. 600.-xxvii. 3, ib. B. C. 598. of Tyre, and whose sons are now the merchant princes Chap. xxvii. Lamentation for Tyrus; her beauti- Chap. xxviii. The prince of Tyrus, his wisdom and pride, ver. 1-5; his degradation and death, ver. 6-10; the extraordinary privileges he had enjoyed, as being let into hidden wisdom; as having been in Eden, the garden of God;' as having for his covering the most rich and varied treasure: as being himself' the anointed cherub that covereth,' and as having been upon the holy mountain of God,' &c., ver. 11-.5. His iniquity, violence, corruption, and destruction, ver. 16-.9. And... the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it,' xxix. 17, .8. B.C. 572. They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters [or, workmen]; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia,' Ezra iii. 7. B.C. 536. And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire, Zec. ix. 3, 4. B.C. 487. There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem,' Ne. xiii. 16. B.C. 434. And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift,' Ps. xlv. 12. They are confederate against thee... the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre...' lxxxiii. 5—7. ... We... sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden. 4, And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. 5. And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed. 6, And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again,' Ac. xxi. 3-6. A.D. 60. (According to Greswell, A.D. 56.) 1 Ki. v. 1; Lu. vi. 17, § 27, p. 207; x. 13, § 60, p. 142; Ac. xii. 20 A.D. 44.-See also Scrip. Notices for Sidon, p. 21. About three hours south of Tyre is the far-famed rocky promontory, Album Promontorium, or Cape Blanco. It is a mighty mass of limestone, and ascends precipitously from the brink of the sea, whose Our road to restless breakers dash around its base. Tyre lay over this vast rock. The pass itself is called The prophecy of Ezekiel is worthy of deep consideration, especially to these, the inhabitants of Tarshish, mentioned the first among the merchants *For a minute description of the glory and merchandise of Tyre, see Eze. xxvii.; also, ch. xxviii. VOL. II.] THE VOICE OF THE LORD IS FULL OF MAJESTY.-Psalm xxix. 4. 17 THE LORD SITTETH UPON THE FLOOD; YEA, THE LORD SITTETH KING FOR EVER.-Psalm XXIX. 10. |