Even the worst critics will grant you the date 331 BC. But choose any date you want. You can even pretend the passage was written after the city was destroyed.
Why isn't there a city there today?
In the year 536 BC, verses 7 to 11 actually happened. Nebuchadnezzar did come from the north, with a massive army, and took siege upon the city, and laid waste to the place. This battle apparently lasted a while. This is all documented so nicely in our history book and encyclopedias.
Not wanting to have a similar occurance, the people took towards the water. Tyre was rebuilt on an island, and that is the Tyre of today, with descendants still living on that island.
The city was destroyed and left in ruins, but it was definitely not left "flat like a rock" as so clearly mentioned in verses 4 and 5.
Again, did the prophecy fail?
No. The city is flat today.
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