Cross Reference EZEKIEL 29:18 SON OF MAN NEBUCHADREZZAR KING OF BABYLON CAUSED HIS ARMY TO SERVE A GREAT SERVICE AGAINST TYRUS EVERY HEAD WAS MADE BALD AND EVERY SHOULDER WAS PEELED YET HAD HE NO WAGES NOR HIS ARMY FOR TYRUS FOR THE SERVICE THAT HE HAD SERVED AGAINST IT

{Ezekiel 29:18} Son 1121 of man, 120 Nebuchadrezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894 caused y5647 z0 x853 his army 2428 to serve 5647 z8689 a great 1419 service 5656 against x413 Tyrus: 6865 every x3605 head 7218 [was] made bald, 7139 z8716 and every x3605 shoulder 3802 [was] peeled: 4803 z8803 yet had x1961 he no x3808 wages, 7939 nor his army, 2428 for Tyrus, 6865 x4480 for x5921 the service 5656 that x834 he had served 5647 z8804 against x5921 it:

Nebuchadrezzar:
"For¹ thus¹ saithª ° the Lordª GOD;ª Behold,¹ I will bringª ° upon¹ Tyrusª Nebuchadrezzarª kingª of Babylon,ª a kingª of kings,ª from the north,ª ¹ with horses,ª and with chariots,ª and with horsemen,ª and companies,ª and muchª people.ª ... And they shall make a spoilª ° of thy riches,ª and make a preyª ° of thy merchandise:ª and they shall break downª ° thy walls,ª and destroyª ° thy pleasantª houses:ª and they shall layª ° thy stonesª and thy timberª and thy dustª in the midstª of the water.ª" {Ezk 26:7-12} + "Behold,¹ I will sendª ° and takeª °¹ all¹ the familiesª of the north,ª saithª ° the LORD,ª and Nebuchadrezzarª the kingª of Babylon,ª my servant,ª and will bringª ° them against¹ this¹ land,ª and against¹ the inhabitantsª ° thereof, and against¹ all¹ these¹ nationsª round about,ª and will utterly destroyª ° them, and makeª ° them an astonishment,ª and an hissing,ª and perpetualª desolations.ª" {Jer 25:9} + "And now¹ have I¹ givenª °¹ all¹ these¹ landsª into the handª of Nebuchadnezzarª the kingª of Babylon,ª my servant;ª and¹ the beastsª of the fieldª have I givenª ° him also¹ to serveª ° him." {Jer 27:6}

a great:
Nebuchadnezzar was thirteen years employed in the siege. During this long siege, the soldiers must have endured great hardships; their heads would become bald by constantly wearing their helmets; and their shoulders be peeled by carrying materials to and from the works.

yet:
St. Jerome asserts, on the authority of the Assyrian histories, that when the Tyrians saw their city must fall, they put their most valuable effects on board their ships, and fled with them to the islands, and their colonies, "so that, the city being taken, Nebuchadnezzar found nothing worthy of his labour."