Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom - the same charge as against the Philistines (Amos 1:6).
And remembered not the brotherly covenant - the league of Hiram of Tyre with David and Solomon, the former supplying "cedars, carpenters, and masons" (the Sidonians being famed for their skill in hewing timber) for the building of the temple and king's house, in return for oil and grain (2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:2-6; 1 Kings 9:11-14; Hiram also supplied Solomon with shipmen to man his fleet, and also ships, 1 Kings 9:27; 1 Kings 10:22; 1 Chronicles 14:1; 2 Chronicles 8:18; 2 Chronicles 9:10). Hiram recognized David as specially established by the Lord on the throne, and was therefore "ever a lover of David" (1 Kings 5:1). The recognition of the God of Israel as the true God was evidently implied in the covenant (Berith) which Hiram and Solomon made (1 Kings 5:12). The covenant, doubtless, guaranteed safety and religious privileges as to the undisturbed exercise of the Jews' faith when sojourning in Tyre. This Tyre grossly violated.