THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
God declares that all I proclaim is true. Thus, take this prophecy as genuine, for the Babylonians will demolish your walls and lay waste to your homes, filling the surrounding areas with rubble. The noise from the horses and chariots will be so immense that it will feel like an earthquake is trembling through the city. Your possessions will be looted, and your people will be subjected to bondage. Such devastation will befall you that fishermen will be seen drying their nets in your rivers, and activities typically carried out on smooth coastal rocks will occur within you due to the profound destruction. Yet, in what is stated that you shall not be utterly destroyed, the prophecy of the blessed Prophet Isaiah offers assurance.
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This prophet also prophesied significant suffering for Tyre, but outlined a specific timeframe for these events. He declares: Tyre will be abandoned for seventy years, akin to the reign of one king, a time measured by man (Isaiah 23:15); and after this period, God will restore Tyre, allowing it to regain its previous status as a marketplace for all the kingdoms across the earth. It will be purchased and become sacred to the Lord, etc. (Isaiah 23:17, 18). Therefore, the phrase 'Thou shalt not be thrown together' signifies a transformation in conduct, indicating that one will not be left in the former wickedness, but will instead receive a new and entirely different disposition, which, according to Isaiah's words, will be holy to the Lord. This is demonstrated by the happenings and the piety that now flourishes. For having turned to God from previous bondage and idolatry, one has embraced the illumination of divinity.