English Standard Version
Zechariah 9:3
3Tyre has built herself a rampart and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the mud 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Tyre has built a strong fortress and has made silver and gold as plentiful as dust in the streets!
Context of Zechariah 9:3
1The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach and Damascus is its resting place. For the Lord has an eye on mankind and on all the tribes of Israel, 2and on Hamath also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise. Tyre has built herself a rampart and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the mud of the streets. 4But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions and strike down her power on the sea, and she shall be devoured by fire. 5Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid; Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish; Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded. The king shall perish from Gaza; Ashkelon shall be 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 19:29Then the boundary turns to Ramah, reaching to the fortified city of Tyre. Then the boundary turns to Hosah, and it ends at the sea; Mahalab, Achzib,
- 2 Samuel 24:7and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites; and they went out to the Negeb of Judah at Beersheba.
- 1 Kings 10:27And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.
- Job 22:24if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
- Job 27:16Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay,
- Isaiah 23:8Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
- Ezekiel 27:33When your wares came from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with your abundant wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth.
- Ezekiel 28:4by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into 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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