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 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 burden of the word of the Lord Against the land of Hadrach, And Damascus its resting place (For the eyes of men And all the tribes of Israel Are on the Lord); 2Also against Hamath, which borders on it, And against Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise. For Tyre built herself a tower, Heaped up silver like the dust, And gold like the mire of the streets. 4Behold, the Lord will cast her out; He will destroy her power in the sea, And she will be devoured by fire. 5Ashkelon shall see it and fear; Gaza also shall be very sorrowful; And Ekron, for He dried up her expectation. The king shall perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon shall not 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 19:29And the border turned to Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre; then the border turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea by the region of Achzib.
• 2 Samuel 24:7and they came to the stronghold of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to South Judah as far as Beersheba.
• 1 Kings 10:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.
• Job 22:24Then you will lay your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
• Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust, And piles up clothing like clay—
• Isaiah 23:8Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, Whose merchants are princes, Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
• Ezekiel 27:33‘When your wares went out by sea, You satisfied many people; You enriched the kings of the earth With your many luxury goods and your merchandise.
• Ezekiel 28:4With your wisdom and your understanding You have gained riches for yourself, And 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

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