Exactly, we are getting sidetracked by the whole thing about Alexander the Great or modern Tyre. Ezekiel 26 was clearly about Tyre in the time the passage was authored, which would've probably been when Nebuchadnezzar was in the middle of besieging Tyre. It was never intended to be about some event hundreds or thousands of years later.
The only good argument NZ had in response was Ezekiel 26 mentioning "many nations" at the start, but even then when you look at the whole context, it was not meant to be taken literally. Here lies the challenge with understanding prophetic books in the Old Testament (like Ezekiel). You frequently see a mixture of verses meant to be taken figuratively and verses meant to be taken literally, and even sometimes both simultaneously.
That said, if you start from the very first verse and read all the way to the end of the chapter, you will see things more clearly (like why "many nations" is mentioned at the start).
The only good argument NZ had in response was Ezekiel 26 mentioning "many nations" at the start, but even then when you look at the whole context, it was not meant to be taken literally. Here lies the challenge with understanding prophetic books in the Old Testament (like Ezekiel). You frequently see a mixture of verses meant to be taken figuratively and verses meant to be taken literally, and even sometimes both simultaneously.
That said, if you start from the very first verse and read all the way to the end of the chapter, you will see things more clearly (like why "many nations" is mentioned at the start).
