Bible Verses About Tyre: Insular position of

And taking up a lamentation over thee, they shall say to thee: How art thou fallen, that dwellest in the sea, renowned city that wast strong in the sea, with thy inhabitants whom all did dread?

And situate in the heart of the sea. Thy neighbours, that built thee, have perfected thy beauty:

The ships of the sea, were thy chief in thy merchandise: and thou wast replenished, and glorified exceedingly in the heart of the sea.