But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus - (cf. Amos 1:4; Amos 1:7; notes, Isaiah 23:1-18, "the burden of Tyre," etc., etc.) The Phoenicians had aided the Syrian Ben-hadad in his unsuccessful rebellion against Shalmanubar. But as yet Amos had no indication to suggest his prophecy of their coming doom; Ezekiel 26:1-21; Ezekiel 27:1-36; Ezekiel 28:1-26). Sargon, according to the Assyrian inscriptions, took Tyre, and imposed tribute on Cyprus at Idalium, where a monument has been found bearing his name (Rawlinson, 'Herodotus'). Many parts of Tyre were burnt by fiery missiles of the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar. He took it after a 13 years' siege. Alexander of Macedon subsequently overthrew it.