Prophecy of destruction of Tyre by Ezekiel

Many websites dismiss the prophecy of Tyre and some have stated this prophecy was never fulfilled (Ezekiel 26:1, 26:7-14) as it calls for its total destruction. Tyre did withstand the siege of Nebuchadnezzar for 13 years, ending in a compromise in which the royal family was taken into exile but the city survived intact." but lets look at the prophecy in detail

First and foremost thing to note is, the prophecy is not "one" verse. It starts in Ezekiel 26:3 and ends in verse 21. The ones from many websites argue either unknowingly or knowingly omit the rest of the  prophecy I don’t know why probably they didn’t understand it or willfully suppressed it.

Lets look at the entire prophecy now (those who are short of time can skip to the next paragraph)

Ezekiel, Chapter 26 from verse 3 (https://www.bible.com/en-GB/bible/111/ezk.26.niv)

3 therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the sea casting up its waves. 4They will destroy the walls of Tyre and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock. 5Out in the sea she will become a place to spread fishnets, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. She will become plunder for the nations, 6and her settlements on the mainland will be ravaged by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

7“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: From the north I am going to bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with horsemen and a great army. 8He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp up to your walls and raise his shields against you. 9He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and demolish your towers with his weapons. 10His horses will be so many that they will cover you with dust. Your walls will tremble at the noise of the warhorses, wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through. 11The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets; he will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground. 12They will plunder your wealth and loot your merchandise; they will break down your walls and demolish your fine houses and throw your stones, timber and rubble into the sea. 13I will put an end to your noisy songs, and the music of your harps will be heard no more. 14I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread fishnets. You will never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.

15“This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Will not the coastlands tremble at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan and the slaughter takes place in you? 16Then all the princes of the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and take off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled at you. 17Then they will take up a lament concerning you and say to you:

“ ‘How you are destroyed, city of renown,

peopled by men of the sea!

You were a power on the seas,

you and your citizens;

you put your terror

on all who lived there.

18Now the coastlands tremble

on the day of your fall;

the islands in the sea

are terrified at your collapse.’

19“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I make you a desolate city, like cities no longer inhabited, and when I bring the ocean depths over you and its vast waters cover you, 20then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of long ago. I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place in the land of the living. 21I will bring you to a horrible end and you will be no more. You will be sought, but you will never again be found, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

Lets look at the important parts of the prophecy

1. Verse 3 :  I will bring many nations against you

The first point that I make to those arguing against this prophecy is that it doesn’t say only one nation, but many nations. The destruction of Tyre is started by Nebuchadnezzar but its only the beginning and the Lord will bring many more nations against it.

2. Verse 7 :  From the north I am going to bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon

Nebuchadnezzar is the one to bring about the beginning of the destruction of Tyre.

3. Verse 12 :throw your stones, timber and rubble into the sea.

To those arguing against this prophecy, this verse should sound silly or irrelevant. Most destruction of cities is either by demolishing it with siege weapons and plundering it and the may be setting it on fire but who in the right might would want to carry all the huge building material and that too all the way to the sea. Let's think of the great city walls and governmental monuments built with stones that would have weighed several tons it’s a waste of effort to carry and throw them into sea and for what purpose? It just sounds crazy right, yes prophecies may sound crazy but lets see how this was fulfilled very soon.

4. Verse 14 : become a place to spread fishnets. You will never be rebuilt,

Again a crazy verse "place to spread fishnets",  at the time of writing Tyre was a great city of commerce and its just totally silly to say that such a place will be used to spread fishnets. Of course since it was a harbor city some amount of fishing would have happened even then but the prophecy is clearly saying that the city will turn into a place where its only good enough to catch fish

5. Verse 19 bring the ocean depths over you and its vast waters cover you
6. Verse 20 : I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place in the land of the living

Next crazy verse here to the minds of critics, "ocean depths to cover you", "Tyre going down the pit and not returning to the place of the living, sounds something from "Lord of the Rings" ?

Well its not from a movie but the prophecy of the true Lord as revealed to prophet Ezekiel.

Now since the important parts of the prophecy has been covered lets look at the history and some geography of the Tyre. The City of Tyre in 1000BC when this prophecy was written isn't not the one that you see today on Google map right now. There were two parts to it, the main land City and an island city which was a harbor and held the grandeur of the city of Tyre.(Reference No.2).  You wont see the island city now in Google maps thanks to the fulfillment of the Prophecy which I will explain later as you read more below.

Here is what you will get on Tyre on Google Maps if you search for it as shown below in Figure 1

Google maps link : https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Tyre,+Lebanon/@33.273276,35.1981048,14.22z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x151e7d902f915d95:0xcf0e3fc6fb997408?hl=en

 Figure 1

This Figure 2 the original Island city of Tyre as reconstructed(Research Reference - 2, given below)

Figure 2

The ancient city Tyre was the trade capital of not only of the Phoenician empire but one the greatest of the ancient world. The empire had great naval skills and were the first to navigate the seas and establish trade routes with many nations making it the heart of the ancient trade. When wealth increases so does immorality and Tyre was no different. It had one of the biggest slave market of ancient times and the prophecy is directly related to it. Tyre was a big trading nation with Israel during the good periods of King David and his son  Solomon and both nations gained both in wealth and strength though this trade. In Bible its said that in those good times, Hiram, the king of Tyre sent to Israel, woods of cedars to built the Jewish temple and also sent his skilled naval personnel to help Solomon's ships navigate the seas to acquire gold from various nations to build the temple. But during later times when Israel had fallen to the Babylonian empire, Tyre captured people from Judah and Jerusalem and sold them off as slaves in the slave market which is why Lord revealed this prophecy to Ezekiel against it.

The island city was considered impregnable as it was protected by fortified walls, surrounded by deep sea offered it, natural defenses with steep ocean cliffs and rough weather. It can only be approached by naval ships, thus no siege warfare can be launched effectively against it from sea, as Tyre also had naval superiority. Due to this supremacy in both military, navy and wealth Tyre and the Phoenician empire flourished greatly.

Lets look at the historical events which sets of the destruction of Tyre, first Nebuchadnezzar starts off to subdue Tyre but even though he desolated the main land(the region which was separated by sea from the Island city of Tyre). The island city was never captured by Nebuchadnezzar. He tried for 13 years and finally gave up after getting a tribute from Tyre but the once great region was on its knees, though it was not completely destroyed. Its commerce still continued to generate wealth, it still had naval superiority which is why Nebuchadnezzar could never reach the Island city.

Lets look at what happens later, well here comes the hero "Great Alexander". Ancient historian Diodorus Siculus has written of about the events which brought the destruction of the Island city of Tyre on the hands of Alexander. It seems he wanted to offer a personal sacrifice to the temple of Heracles in Tyre. This was declined by Tyre, though angered by this, act Alexander knew its military strength and its naval supremacy so he was willing to focus only to conquer Egypt. Also Alexander and the Macedonian army had no fleet either. Wanting to conquer Egypt he sent messengers to Tyre, to sign a peace treaty. Trusting their naval strength and the natural defenses of the Island nation, they kill his ambassadors and threw their bodies into the sea angering Alexander which I guess was the last straw . The military master mind sets of on his quest to subdue Tyre, he quickly destroys the main land which might have been partially rebuilt after Nebuchadnezzar but it didn’t stand a chance against Alexander's army. But he too faced the same challenge faced by Nebuchadnezzar, he could not subdue the Island city as he had no navy. But the military genius sets off a great engineering innovation, he orders his army to build a land bridge to the Island city called a "Mole" in the writings of Siculus which was over 200feet wide. This was unprecedented in the ancient world as such a grand and mammoth task was never attempted or not even thought possible. Now where will the army get its stones to build the bridge? well you have the main land city with its great old monuments where else, and thus the prophecy in Verse 12 is fulfilled "throw your stones, timber and rubble into the sea", Well the story goes and  even after great attempts by Tyre's navy to halt the construction of bridge Alexander's gets support from his ally's and uses their naval ships and stops them from harming the bridge. It is also recorded that a storm destroyed the bridge during construction but Alexander rebuilt it and pushed forward and on reaching the city , unlike Nebuchadnezzar he showed no mercy to Tyre. He killed all of its army with 7000 killed in battle and 2000 crucified later, sold off rest off the population of over 30,000 as slaves. Alexander achieved total annilation of Tyre in just 7 months which Nebuchadnezzar couldn't do 13 years. Alexander didn’t just stop at destroying Tyre, he knew that if left as it was, being at the heart of established trade routes it will restart its commerce. He then builds the city of Alexandria, as the city of commerce and diverts all the trade routes to the new city, thus Tyre is now destroyed, unable to gather any more wealth to regain its military strength nor commerce.

The term "rebuilt" used in the prophecy has a significant meaning. What it means is that in historical terms when a city is destroyed it can regain its strength and rebuilt itself again. This happened in bible, even when the Persian empire destroys the first temple built by Solomon it was rebuilt by Israel again but it was again destroyed by Romans later. Even in modern terms we see Germany, Japan being destroyed and now they are rebuilt to their former glory. Recently speaking it’s the twin towers of World trade center, US is rebuilding it with even greater grandeur to show their strength, if US builds a supermarket say a Walmart or say an apartment or something else its not rebuilding it. The term rebuilt means the city should regain its strength and reach its glory days or better. As history shows it never happened.

But the most amazing part of the prophecy is towards the end which is left out by the critics of this prophecy, verse 19 bring the ocean depths over you and its vast waters cover you and verse 20 : I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place in the land of the living. Its over 2500 years, as this prophecy was written around 586 B.C and the sea level then was over 6 meters below the current levels. If you want to find the island nation now you need to look below the sea as its submerged at 3 meters below sea level(Referece 2: UNESCO research on Tyre and Sidon)

Update: Initially I thought the island is completely submerged but recently I got some more information from research by Nick Marriner(Reference 4), and came to know the land bridge built by Alexander due to centuries of sedimentation has enlarged has made the island into a peninsula but the major portion of the island is submerged into sea by over 3 meters as you see in this picture

Here is an aerial photo as well, showing the current submerged island with only parts above the sea level.

Well now I guess I have put forth arguments that establishes the fulfillment of this prophecy, request readers to post their questions and I will try to answer them.

References

1.  http://apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=13&article=1790
2. Research by UNESCO to protect the submerged ruins of Tyre and Sidon: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/228892099_Under_the_city_centre_the_ancient_harbour._Tyre_and_Sidon_Heritages_to_preserve
3. http://www.padfield.com/1994/tyre.html
4. http://archive.archaeology.org/0801/topten/alexander.html

Isaiah Prophecies the suffering of Christ and his resurrection

Life of Jesus Christ was not a random event, which Christians took of out of contest to make him a god, I have just started with analyzing one prophecy after another, that links the life of Christ which were prophesied much earlier. Let us look at one such event

Isaiah was a prophet who lived in 800BC of his many prophetic versus chapter 53 very clearly prophecies the suffering of Christ and how his life is offered as a sacrifice for the atonement of the sins of mankind And most importantly that he will be resurrected again!

Verse Index	Prophecy verses	Meaning and fulfilled verses
Isaiah 53:1	Who has believed our message     and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?	Very few  believes the word of Jesus Christ, thus he was crucified
Isaiah 53:2	He grew up before him like a tender shoot,     and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,     nothing in his appearance that we should desire him	Jesus Christ looked very ordinary
Isaiah 53:3	He was despised and rejected by mankind,     a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces     he was despised, and we held him in low esteem	Jesus Christ was a simple person, he didn’t hold any political authority and was not form an influential family background
Isaiah 53:4	Surely he took up our pain     and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God,     stricken by him, and afflicted.	Now we get to some interesting part, here Isaiah prophecies that he will take up our pain and will bore the suffering.
Isaiah 53:5	But he was pierced for our transgressions,     he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him,     and by his wounds we are healed.	Here is a prophecy that was fulfilled as Christ was pierced as he hung in the cross to check if he was still alive as we in this verse John 19:34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. The verse also says that the suffering of Jesus will bring forth peace and healing.
Isaiah 53:6	We all, like sheep, have gone astray,     each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him     the iniquity of us all	The verse says how mankind has sinned and turned away from the ways of God and how their sin was placed on Jesus
Isaiah 53:7	He was oppressed and afflicted,     yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,     and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,     so he did not open his mouth.	This verse is also a very strong in how Jesus never opened his mouth when he was accused as we see in this verse Mark 15:4-5 4 So again Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.” 5 But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed. We see the verse fulfilled in the above verse
Isaiah 53:8	By oppression[a] and judgment he was taken away.     Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living;     for the transgression of my people he was punished	Here in this verse we see "cut off from the land of the living" which prophecies the death of Jesus Christ and I like to put another verse which also says that his death will be very cruel that his body will be disfigured beyond that of a recognition of even a human being. Isaiah 52:14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him[c]—     his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being     and his form marred beyond human likeness
Isaiah 53:9	He was assigned a grave with the wicked,     and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence,     nor was any deceit in his mouth	Here we see that he will be put together with the wicked and in the Gospels we see that two condemned persons where crucified along with him Mark 15:27 They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left.
Isaiah 53:10	Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,     and though the Lord makes[c] his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days,     and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand	we see here very clearly mentioned that his life is an offering for sin and it is the Lords will so that everyone who believes in the name of Jesus Christ might get their sins forgiven and come into the kingdom of God.
Isaiah 53:11	After he has suffered,     he will see the light of life[d] and be satisfied[e]; by his knowledge[f] my righteous servant will justify many,     and he will bear their iniquities	Here we see the prophecy of resurrection here as earlier verses say he will be put to death and go into the grave but here we see it says "he will see the light of life" thus the resurrection of Christ is very clear
Isaiah 53:11	Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,[g]     and he will divide the spoils with the strong,[h] because he poured out his life unto death,     and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many,     and made intercession for the transgressors.	Here we see that he will be given the authority for he gave(poured) his life for his children.

Thus we see life of Jesus Christ fulfilled all these prophecies and gave his life as an atonement for the sins of many that they may be free from it and attain the peace, joy and blessing that God has planned for them.

I invite the non-believers to have a critical review of this passage and provide their views and arguments so that we may have a health views on this

Biblical Prophecies : Zechariah prophecies the price Judas gets for betraying Jesus Christ

Yellow highlights are from the Bible and the ones without are the ones I write, so that those who read are not confused with biblical verses and those I write.

Zechariah 11 : 12-13 (written in 520 BC)

12 I told them, “If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.

13 And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord.

Link: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zechariah%2011&version=NIV

In chapter 11 Zechariah is prophesying about many things and in verse 12-13 is something interesting. Here we see that the lord asks him to throw thirty pieces of "silver" and specifically says to throw it to the potter

Matthew 26:14-16

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

14 Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests 15 and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. 16 From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.

From <https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26%3A14-16&version=NIV>

Matthew 27

Judas Hangs Himself and the money used to buy a Potter's field

5 So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

6 The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” 7 So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

From <https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2027&version=NIV>

In Matthew  26 and 27 we see Judas agreeing to betray Jesus for thirty pieces of silver, if this is not just  a coincidence the coolest thing is that the chief priest takes that money and buy the potters field fulfilling the prophecy

Why Jesus went through with the painful death on the cross

Jesus could have walked away from the crucifixion,  going through with the most painful and cruel death any person can have. He was warned by many, even his own disciples not to go to Jerusalem. He knew very well that he would be given an unfair trail and put on the cross. But why would he go through it.

For every sin a man commits, he has to pay the price, in the day of Judgement. But given that man is weak and is easily deceived by Satan, man had no way to save himself. God wanted to save his children which is why Jesus had to spill his own blood as an atonement for the sins of the world.

Is this all just a coincidence, it certainly is not, there are many prophecies some even a thousand year before Christ was born which said exactly how he would be died, Jesus in his life fulfilled all the prophecies by taking the cross upon him.

Here are some important prophecies fulfilled in the crucifixion

Jesus was betrayed by a friend

Bible prophecy: Psalm 41:9
Prophecy written: About 1000 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 31 AD
In Psalm 41:9, King David wrote a prayer asking for mercy in his last days. In this prayer, which Christians acknowledge as being inspired by God, David wrote about a betrayal at the hand of a close friend with whom he had shared bread. This foreshadowed something that happened years later with Jesus. As explained in Matthew 26:47-50, Jesus was betrayed by Judas, one of the 12 apostles, shortly after Jesus and the apostles had shared bread during the Last Supper. Jesus was crucified by the Romans a short time later.
Psalm 41:9:
Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

Zechariah foreshadowed the betrayal of Jesus for 30 pieces of silver

Bible prophecy: Zechariah 11:12-13
Prophecy written: Between 520 and 518 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 31 AD
In Zechariah 11:4-17, the prophet speaks of a payment involving 30 pieces of silver and of a good shepherd whose service is brought to an end. This foreshadows an event that happened to Jesus about 500 years later. As explained in Matthew 26:15, Judas was paid 30 silver coins for his betrayal of Jesus. Judas told the Romans when and where they could arrest Jesus without being surrounded by a large crowd of Jesus' followers. As explained in Matthew 27:5-7, Judas later tossed the money into the Temple (the house of the Lord) and the money was used to buy a potter's field as a burial place for foreigners.
Zechariah 11:12-13:
12 I told them, "If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it." So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.

13 And the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter"-the handsome price at which they priced me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD to the potter.

Jesus was spat upon and beaten

Bible prophecy: Isaiah 50:6
Prophecy written: Between 701-681 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 31 AD
In Isaiah 50:6, the prophet writes about a servant of God who endures abuse at the hands of sinful people. This servant offers his back to those who beat him, his face to those who rip out his beard, and himself to those who mock and taunt him. Christians historically have acknowledged this Old Testament prophecy as being fulfilled by Jesus Christ, who lived about 700 years after Isaiah. Jesus, as explained in the New Testament, was beaten, mocked and taunted shortly before his crucifixion by the Romans. In Matthew 26:67 (NIV translation), for example, it says: Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him and said, "Prophesy to us, Christ. Who hit you?"
Isaiah 50:6:
I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.

God's servant would be silent before his accusers

Bible prophecy: Isaiah 53:7
Prophecy written: Between 701-681 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 31 AD
In the book of Isaiah, chapter 53, Isaiah the prophet wrote about a servant of God. Many people believe that this was a prophecy about the life of Jesus Christ, who lived after the time of Isaiah. In Isaiah 53:7, the prophet said that the servant would be afflicted and accused, and that he would remain silent like a lamb being led to slaughter. As explained in Matthew 27:12-14, which was recorded about 700 years after the time of Isaiah, this is what happened to Jesus. He was falsely accused but remained silent and did not protest the accusations. Jesus was crucified by the Romans a short time later.
Isaiah 53:7:
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

God's servant would die for our sins

Bible prophecy: Isaiah 53:4-6
Prophecy written: Between 701-681 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 31 AD
In Isaiah 53:4-6, prophet described a servant as being punished for the sins of others, and that others would be healed by the wounds of this person. As explained in the New Testament - such as in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - Jesus was crucified for our sins, and he was sinless. Christians believe that this ultimate sacrifice redeemed us all from sin in the same way that lambs and other animals were once sacrificed as a symbolic way of cleansing people from sin. All of us can be accepted into the Kingdom of God, as though we were sinless, if we accept Jesus as our savior. Christians believe that we are healed through the wounds that Jesus suffered.
Isaiah 53:4-6:
4 Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.

5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.

6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Zechariah foreshadowed the crucifixion of Jesus

Bible prophecy: Zechariah 12:10
Prophecy written: Between 520 and 518 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 31 AD
In the Old Testament book of Zechariah, chapter 12, the Bible said that there would be a time when people in Jerusalem would lament over the one who was "pierced," as one mourns for the loss of a first-born son. (First-born sons were often viewed as the main inheritors of a family's legacy). Christians traditionally have interpreted this passage as a reference to the return of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was pierced when he was crucified by the Romans about 2000 years ago. Christians believe that Jesus will return in the future to establish an everlasting kingdom.

The Talmud, which offers Judaism-related commentary about various Old Testament passages, makes a very Christian-like assessment of the prophecy found in the book of Zechariah:

"What is the cause of the mourning (Zechariah 12:10)? It is well according to him who explains that the cause is the slaying of Messiah, the son of Joseph, as it is written, 'And they shall look upon me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son.'" -Babylonian Talmud, Sukkah 52a.
Zechariah 12:10:
"And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

God's servant would be "numbered with the transgressors"

Bible prophecy: Isaiah 53:12
Prophecy written: Between 701-681 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 31 AD
In Isaiah 53:12, the prophet wrote about a servant who would bear the sins of others and be punished side-by-side with criminals. Christians acknowledge that Isaiah's description of this servant was a prophecy that was fulfilled during the life of Jesus Christ. As explained in the book of Matthew, Jesus, though sinless, was "numbered with the transgressors" and crucified along with two criminals.
Isaiah 53:12:
Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

God's servant would be buried in a rich man's tomb

Bible prophecy: Isaiah 53:9
Prophecy written: Between 701-681 BC
Prophecy fulfilled: About 31 AD
In Isaiah 53:9, the prophet Isaiah wrote about a sinless servant being put to death with the wicked and buried with the rich. About 700 years after this was written, Jesus was put to death along with two criminals and was buried in a tomb owned by a wealthy man, as explained in the New Testament. The New Testament also says that Jesus was resurrected three days later and ascended into Heaven.
Isaiah 53:9:
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
Notes: The commentaries above are summaries from the book 100 Prophecies: Ancient Biblical prophecies that foretold the future. Copyright © Ray Konig.


Here are 28 more prophecies fulfilled on the cross
http://www.cbcg.org/franklin/SA/SA_28prophecies.pdf