oAccording to the prophet Ezekiel:
nTyre was to have its rubble thrown into the sea, its site
becoming a place for
spreading fishnets, never to be rebuilt (26:1-14);
nSidon was to face war & disaster, but nothing was
said about abandonment
(28:20-23).
oIn the following centuries:
nTyre shifted location from the mainland to an island offshore when
Nebuchadnezzar besieged it about 600 BC. About 3 centuries later,
Alexander used the rubble of mainland Tyre to build a
causeway to attack the island city. The mainland site has
become a place to spread nets, and has never been a city
since.
nSidon, though often besieged & conquered, is still a major port.