Post by Lee on Jun 14, 2014 15:51:38 GMT
“TYRE AND THE SEVENTY YEARS”
(Isa. 23:15)
Two or three different enquiries have been made concerning the fulfilment of Isa. 23:15, 17: “Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.”
ANSWER.—The expression “one king” must be understood as one kingdom, and the “seventy years” refer to the duration of the Babylonian kingdom. As to the interchangeability of “king” and “kingdom” in sacred style, Dan. 2:37–40 is sufficient proof. For the prophet explaining Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the Image, said, “Thou, O King, art this head of gold; and after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee.” And this is in harmony with the style of Jeremiah, who said, in the word of the Lord (25:9), “Behold, I will send and take all the families of the North, and Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land (of Israel), and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about (Tyre included, verse 22). . . . And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the King of Babylon seventy years. And it shall come to pass when the seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the King of Babylon and that nation for their iniquity.” But the seventy years extended beyond Nebuchadnezzar’s individual reign. In Jer. 27:6–7, we read, “I have given all these lands (Tyre included, verse 3) into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, my servant; . . . and all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come, and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.” The seventy years ran from B.C. 606 to B.C. 536, and the fall of Babylon before Cyrus. After that time, Tyre rose again, and was afterwards overthrown by Alexander the Great.
. Vol. 51: The Christadelphian: Volume 51. 1914 (electronic ed.) (500). Birmingham: Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association.
(Isa. 23:15)
Two or three different enquiries have been made concerning the fulfilment of Isa. 23:15, 17: “Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.”
ANSWER.—The expression “one king” must be understood as one kingdom, and the “seventy years” refer to the duration of the Babylonian kingdom. As to the interchangeability of “king” and “kingdom” in sacred style, Dan. 2:37–40 is sufficient proof. For the prophet explaining Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the Image, said, “Thou, O King, art this head of gold; and after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee.” And this is in harmony with the style of Jeremiah, who said, in the word of the Lord (25:9), “Behold, I will send and take all the families of the North, and Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land (of Israel), and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about (Tyre included, verse 22). . . . And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the King of Babylon seventy years. And it shall come to pass when the seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the King of Babylon and that nation for their iniquity.” But the seventy years extended beyond Nebuchadnezzar’s individual reign. In Jer. 27:6–7, we read, “I have given all these lands (Tyre included, verse 3) into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, my servant; . . . and all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come, and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.” The seventy years ran from B.C. 606 to B.C. 536, and the fall of Babylon before Cyrus. After that time, Tyre rose again, and was afterwards overthrown by Alexander the Great.
. Vol. 51: The Christadelphian: Volume 51. 1914 (electronic ed.) (500). Birmingham: Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association.