Ezekiel 26:1-2

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Footnotes

1. 26 The city of Tyre, in those days an island and one of the richest cities in the East, was regarded as impregnable from the landward side. In this instance the siege lasted thirteen years but remained indecisive, as Nebuchadnezzar had no fleet. We must, therefore, regard the prophet’s language here as rhetorical rather than historical; cf. 29.18.