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Zechariah 9:3
3Tyre's people have built strong walls to keep enemies out. They have swept up rich metals like dirt. They have swept up gold like dirt in 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
1The Lord speaks against the land of Hadrach, and against the city of Damascus. The Lord watches all men and all the groups of people in Israel. 2The Lord speaks against the country called Hamath. (It is next to the country called Hadrach.) The people in Tyre and Sidon cities are very wise. But the Lord also speaks against them. Tyre's people have built strong walls to keep enemies out. They have swept up rich metals like dirt. They have swept up gold like dirt in the streets. 4The Lord will take away all the things that Tyre's people have. And he will remove their ships from the sea. Fire will burn every part of the city. 5The people in Ashkelon city will see it and they will be afraid. The people in Gaza city will see it and they will be afraid. The things that the people in Ekron city hope for will not happen. The king of Gaza will die and there will be no people in Ashkelon any longer.
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 19:29Then the border turned towards Ramah, and it went as far as the strong city of Tyre. Then it turned to Hosah and it ended at the Mediterranean Sea. Their towns included Hebel, Aczib,
- 2 Samuel 24:7Then they went south to Tyre, a strong city with walls around it. They went to all the towns of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they arrived at Beersheba in the south part of Judah.
- 1 Kings 10:27While Solomon ruled as king, there was as much silver in Jerusalem as stones! There was as much wood from cedar trees as there were fig trees that grew in the low hills in the west.
- Job 22:24Throw away your gold things. Throw your pure gold among the rocks in the streams.
- Job 27:16Wicked people may have lots of money. They may have silver like heaps of sand. They may have more clothes than they could ever wear.
- Isaiah 23:8It is a royal city and its traders are princes. They are famous everywhere on earth. So who decided to destroy it?
- Ezekiel 27:33Your valuable things went to many people in nations across the sea. People were happy with the things that they received from you. Even kings in far places became rich because of you.
- Ezekiel 28:4You have been wise and clever enough to make yourself rich. You have stored much gold and silver in your palace.
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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