Ezekiel 26:7-9

In an explanatory prophecy about Tyre’s destruction, the Lord promised to send Nebuchadnezzar as an invader from the north (cf. 2 Kings 25:21; Jeremiah 52:9). This is the first time Ezekiel identified the agent of God’s coming judgment on Tyre by name. He was a "king of kings" in that many rulers were subject to him (cf. Daniel 2:37). This would be the first "wave" of conquest, and the Lord described it more fully than the later ones. Nebuchadnezzar would come against Tyre with a great army, besiege the city, break down its walls, and slay many of the Tyrians. After defeating Jerusalem in 586 B.C., Nebuchadnezzar proceeded north and attacked Tyre and its neighboring towns for thirteen years, beginning that same year.