515 B. C.] The Second Temple was finished and dedicated in the year 515 before Christ. Now taking the Prophecy of ISAIAH, to commence at the _beginning_ of the Siege of Tyrus (for Tyrus had then ceased to be free, _i. e._ as a Nation), which was in 585 B. C., the "seventy years" will be _exactly accomplished_ at the dedication of the Second Temple. Thus were the first and second Prophecies by ISAIAH fulfilled,--viz., the fall and subsequent freedom,--for the destruction did take place, and at the termination of "seventy years" the Lord of Mercy _did_ "visit Tyrus," and made her again a Nation;--for her scorn and boast upon the destruction of Jerusalem had been forgotten and forgiven, in her stretching forth her hand again to aid the building of the Sacred Temple to The One and Only GOD! As an instance of Divine Justice, it may be observed, that the freedom of Tyrus did not take place _before_ the restoration of Judæa,--and that the former nation had to endure the remorse of knowing that the latter from her new throne of liberty, could behold the manacles of thraldom upon that country, which (in prosperity) had shouted in impious triumph upon _her_ desolation! CHAPTER VIII: (515--335 B. C.) SISINNES TO STRATO. AND FROM THE FIRST TYRIAN REVOLUTION TO AZELMIC. At the termination of the siege by Nebuchadnezzar, we have stated, that the remaining Tyrians fled to the Island, opposite to the ancient metropolis destroyed by the Babylonian. The inhabitants never rebuilt the Capital upon the ruins on the mainland, but upon the Island which had received and sheltered them, they had for the last half-century turned all their attention;--this was now renewed with redoubled energy,--upon it they erected their new, and in time, gorgeous Temples,--especially that dedicated to Hercules-Apollo, the tutelary God of the Tyrians. They also surrounded the Island with a sea-wall, 150 feet in height, and of proportionate thickness,--and from there being no approach to it but by water, the new metropolis was considered impregnable. Upon the mainland they erected many buildings of a minor character, such as are usually found in the environs of a City;--and a great proportion of the labouring classes dwelt there; as, also, the strangers visiting Tyrus in pursuit of traffic or merchandise. Many years were employed in bringing the Island-Capital to a state of complete defence, owing to the diminished numbers of the male population immediately after the siege. Tyrus must now be viewed as only on the _Island_, which was about 800 yards from the shore,--somewhat less than half a mile.