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Zechariah 9:3
3Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust and gold like the dirt of the streets.
Zechariah 9:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
- New International Version (NIV)Tyre has built herself a stronghold; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Tyre has built herself a rampart and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For Tyre built herself a tower, Heaped up silver like the dust, And gold like the mire of the streets.
Context of Zechariah 9:3
1A pronouncement: The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach, and Damascus is its resting place — for the eyes of humanity and all the tribes of Israel are on the Lord — 2and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd. Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust and gold like the dirt of the streets. 4Listen! The Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea; she herself will be consumed by fire. 5Ashkelon will see it and be afraid; Gaza too, and will writhe in great pain, as will Ekron, for her hope will fail. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will become uninhabited.
Read all of Zechariah 9Zechariah 9:3 word by word
וַתִּ֥בֶן צֹ֛ר מָצ֖וֹר לָ֑הּ וַתִּצְבָּר־כֶּ֙סֶף֙ כֶּֽעָפָ֔ר וְחָר֖וּץ כְּטִ֥יט חוּצֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Tyrusצֹרtsôr tsôr · TyreH6865
- did buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
- herself a strong holdמָצוֹרmâtsôr mâtsûr · siegeH4692
- and heaped upצָבַרtsâbar · to heapH6651
- silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
- as the dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
- and fine goldחָרוּץchârûts chârûts · goldH2742
- as the mireטִיטţîyţ · mudH2916
- of the streetsחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
Cross-references for Zechariah 9:3
- Joshua 19:29The boundary then turned to Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre; it turned back to Hosah and ended at the Mediterranean Sea, including Mahalab, Achzib,
- 2 Samuel 24:7They went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Afterward, they went to the Negev of Judah at Beer-sheba.
- 1 Kings 10:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.
- Job 22:24and consign your gold to the dust, the gold of Ophir to the stones in the wadis,
- Job 27:16Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up fine clothing like clay —
- Isaiah 23:8Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are the honored ones of the earth?
- Ezekiel 27:33When your merchandise was unloaded from the seas, you satisfied many peoples. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and goods.
- Ezekiel 28:4By your wisdom and understanding you have acquired wealth for yourself. You have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.
Commentaries on Zechariah 9:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3And Tyrus did build herself - The rock on which Tyre was built was strongly fortified; and that she had abundance of riches has been already seen, Ezekiel 28:1, etc.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And Tyre did build herself a stronghold - She built it for herself, not for God, and trusted to it, not to God, and so its strength brought her the greater fall. The words in Hebrew express yet more. “Tyre” (Zor) literally, “the rock,” “built herself mazor, tower,” a rock-like fort, as it were, a rock upon exceeding strength, binding her together.. “The walls, 150 feet high and of breadth proportionate, compacted of large stones, embedded in gypsum,”…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4The term fortress (Hebrew matsor) is a play on words with the name of the city of Tyre (Hebrew tsor). This famous island fortress (Isaiah 23:4; Ezekiel 26:5) was captured and destroyed by Alexander the Great in 332 BC.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. The heathen historian, Diodorus Siculus [17.40], confirms this. "Tyre had the greatest confidence owing to her insular position and fortifications, and the abundant stores she had prepared." New Tyre was on an island seven hundred paces from the shore. As Isaiah's and Ezekiel's (Eze 27:1-36) prophecies were directed against Old Tyre on the mainland and were fulfilled by Nebuchadnezzar, so Zechariah's are against New Tyre, which was made seemingly…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zechariah 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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