Later, in about 332 BC, Alexander the Great conquered the island of Tyre and brought an end to the Phoenician Empire. Tyre later fell under the rule of the Romans, the Crusaders and the Moslems, who destroyed the city, again, in 1291. I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the sea casting up its waves. Alexander's army built a land bridge from the mainland to the island so that they could use a battering ram to break through the island's fortress. Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom, disregarding a treaty of brotherhood, I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre that will consume her fortresses.
Today there is a city called Tyre that is either on, or near, the original Phoenician site.
But this Tyre is a small city in modern-day Lebanon. It is certainly not the powerful nation that it was in the days of Zechariah. But the Lord will take away her possessions and destroy her power on the sea, and she will be consumed by fire. When Alexander the Great destroyed the city in 332 BC, he brought an end to the Phoenician Empire. As for the city itself, it has been torn down and built upon by a succession of world powers.