Zechariah 9:3

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

1An oracle of the word of the Lord concerning the land of Hadrach, with its focus on Damascus: The eyes of all humanity, especially of the tribes of Israel, are toward the Lord, 2as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, and Tyre and Sidon, though they consider themselves to be very wise. Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets! 4Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications into the sea – she will be consumed by fire. 5Ashkelon will see and be afraid; Gaza will be in great anguish, as will Ekron, for her hope will have been dried up. Gaza will lose her king, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited.

Zechariah 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 19:29It then turned toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea near Hebel, Aczib,
• 2 Samuel 24:7Then they went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beer Sheba.
• 1 Kings 10:27The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands.
• Job 22:24and throw your gold in the dust – your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines –
• Job 27:16If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,
• Isaiah 23:8Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth?
• Ezekiel 27:33When your products went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with the abundance of your wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth.
• Ezekiel 28:4By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in 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

Topics related to Zechariah 9:3

• Tyre

In the dictionaries

• Gold
• Pride
• Tyre
• Bible, the
• Fortification; Fort; Fortified Cities; Fortress
• Heap
• Joshua (3)
• Salvation
• Silver
• Zechariah, Book of

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