Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 29:18

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 for his army for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

The Army, the inferiour Officers, and principal Commanders 'tis like were weary of the siege, and might advise the raising it, but the Authority, Presence, and immoveable Resolution of the King kept them on still, and made them hold [illegible: 1 word] ▪

'Twas service to the justice of God in punishing the Tyrians by the Ambition of Nebuchadnezzar, who would not endure any thing to stand against him. 'Twas great Service both for hardness of work, heaviness of burthens, and unreasonable length of the siege, thirteen years together.

Either age, or sicknesses, (which often make men bald) or continued wearing of the Helmets, spoiled the best heads of hair amongst them, or perhaps it noteth the weeping bargain they had, though they mastered Tyre, where they got no booty, and both Nebuchadnezzar and his Army might shave their heads in token of mourning for their loss, rather than crown their heads with Garlands of joy for gaining of the City.

Either clothes wore out, they had scarce any to their backs in so long a siege, or galled and blistered with carrying Burthens, Stones, Timber, Iron and Earth for Fortifications, and to make a passage from the Continent to Tyre, which sores, when healed, left Scabs, or dead skin that peeled off.

For though Tyrus was very rich, when first besieged, no doubt very much wealth was carryed away by shipping at beginning, and during the siege, which none could prevent, very much spent and wasted in the Siege, and what was left preserved by Articles of surrender; for most conclude that it was delivered on composition, and the Conqueror had only victory for his pains, and charge.