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.
• 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.
• 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

1A prophecy: The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrak and will come to rest on Damascus— for the eyes of all people and all the tribes of Israel are on the Lord— 2and on Hamath too, which borders on it, and on Tyre and Sidon, though they are very skillful. Tyre has built herself a stronghold; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets. 4But the Lord will take away her possessions and destroy her power on the sea, and she will be consumed by fire. 5Ashkelon will see it and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, and Ekron too, for her hope will wither. Gaza will lose her king and Ashkelon will be deserted.

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 19:29The boundary then turned back toward Ramah and went to the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah and came out at the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Akzib,
• 2 Samuel 24:7Then they went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to Beersheba in the Negev of Judah.
• 1 Kings 10:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills.
• Job 22:24and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
• Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,
• Isaiah 23:8Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are renowned in the earth?
• Ezekiel 27:33When your merchandise went out on the seas, you satisfied many nations; with your great wealth and your wares you enriched the kings of the earth.
• Ezekiel 28:4By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself and 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