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Zechariah 9:3

Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Avarice;   Liberality-Parsimony;   Tyre;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;   Tyre;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Zechariah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Phoenicia;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gold;   Tyre;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Alexander the Great;   Poetry;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   Ekron;   Micah, Book of;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Tyre, Tyrus;   Zechariah, Prophecy of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Tyre;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ty'rus;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Tyre;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fortification;   Gold;   Heap;   Silver;   Zechariah, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - City;   Tyre;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Tyre has built herself a fortress;she has heaped up silver like dustand gold like the dirt of the streets.
Hebrew Names Version
Tzor built herself a stronghold, And heaped up silver like the dust, And fine gold like the mire of the streets.
King James Version (1611)
And Tyrus did builde her selfe a strong hold, and heaped vp siluer as the dust, and fine golde as the myre of the streets.
King James Version
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
Tyre has built herself a rampart and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
New American Standard Bible
For Tyre built herself a fortress, And piled up silver like dust, And gold like the mud of the streets.
New Century Version
Tyre has built a strong wall for herself. She has piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud in the streets.
Amplified Bible
For Tyre built herself an [impregnable] stronghold [on an island offshore], And she has heaped up silver like dust And gold like the mire of the streets.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For Tyrus did build her selfe a strong holde, and heaped vp siluer as the dust, and golde as the myre of the streetes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For Tyre built herself a fortress And piled up silver like dust, And gold like the mire of the streets.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Tyre built herself a tight fortificationAnd tied up silver like dustAnd fine gold like the mire of the streets.
Berean Standard Bible
Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
Contemporary English Version
Tyre has built a fortress and piled up silver and gold, as though they were dust or mud from the streets.
Complete Jewish Bible
Tzor built herself a fortified tower, heaping up silver as if it were dust and fine gold as if it were mud in the streets.
Darby Translation
And Tyre hath built herself a stronghold, and hath heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Easy-to-Read Version
Tyre is built like a fort. The people there have collected so much silver that it is like dust, and gold is as common as clay.
George Lamsa Translation
Tyre has built herself a stronghold and heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the mire of the streets.
Good News Translation
Tyre has built fortifications for herself and has piled up so much silver and gold that it is as common as dirt!
Lexham English Bible
Tyre has built a fortification for itself, and it heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the mud of the streets.
Literal Translation
And Tyre shall build a fortress for herself, and shall pile up silver like the dust, and gold like the mud of the streets.
American Standard Version
And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Bible in Basic English
And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Tyrus shall make her selfe strong, heape vp siluer as the sand, and golde as the clay of the streetes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Tyrus built strong-holds for herself, and heaped up silver as dust, and gathered gold as the mire of the ways.
English Revised Version
And Tyre did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
World English Bible
Tyre built herself a stronghold, And heaped up silver like the dust, And fine gold like the mire of the streets.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Tirus bildide his strengthing, and gaderide siluer as erthe, and gold as fen of stretis.
Update Bible Version
And Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Tyre built herself a strong hold, and amassed silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
New King James Version
For Tyre built herself a tower, Heaped up silver like the dust, And gold like the mire of the streets.
New Living Translation
Tyre has built a strong fortress and has made silver and gold as plentiful as dust in the streets!
New Life Bible
For Tyre built a strong tower for herself. She gathered silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
New Revised Standard
Tyre has built itself a rampart, and heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore did Tyre build a stronghold for herself, - and did heap up silver like dust, yea gold, like the mire of the lanes.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Tyre hath built herself a strong hold, and heaped together silver as earth, and gold as the mire of the streets.
Revised Standard Version
Tyre has built herself a rampart, and heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
Young's Literal Translation
And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of out-places.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Tyrus shal make hirself stronge, heape vp syluer as the sonde, and golde as the claye of the stretes.

Contextual Overview

1 An 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 , 2 as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, and Tyre and Sidon, though they consider themselves to be very wise. 3 Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets! 4 Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications into the sea—she will be consumed by fire. 5 Ashkelon 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. 6 A mongrel people will live in Ashdod, for I will greatly humiliate the Philistines. 7 I will take away their abominable religious practices; then those who survive will become a community of believers in our God, like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites. 8 Then I will surround my temple to protect it like a guard from anyone crossing back and forth; so no one will cross over against them anymore as an oppressor, for now I myself have seen it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

build: Joshua 19:29, 2 Samuel 24:7

heaped: 1 Kings 10:27, Job 22:24, Job 27:16, Isaiah 23:8, Ezekiel 27:33, Ezekiel 28:4, Ezekiel 28:5

Reciprocal: Job 3:15 - who filled their houses Isaiah 23:11 - strong holds Ezekiel 26:4 - destroy Ezekiel 26:12 - thy merchandise Ezekiel 27:34 - General Ezekiel 28:3 - thou art Matthew 11:22 - Tyre

Cross-References

Genesis 9:1
Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
Genesis 9:3
You may eat any moving thing that lives. As I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
Genesis 9:5
For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative.
Genesis 9:12
And God said, "This is the guarantee of the covenant I am making with you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all subsequent generations:
Genesis 9:14
Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
Genesis 9:15
then I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures of all kinds. Never again will the waters become a flood and destroy all living things.
Genesis 9:21
When he drank some of the wine, he got drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
Genesis 9:22
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers who were outside.
Genesis 9:25
So he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves he will be to his brothers."
Genesis 9:26
He also said, "Worthy of praise is the Lord , the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold,.... Tyre was built upon a rock, and was a strong fortress itself, from whence it had its name; and, besides its natural defence, it had a wall one hundred and fifty feet high, and its breadth was answerable to its height e; but yet, as it could not defend itself against Alexander the great, who took it; so neither against the Gospel of Christ, which found its way into it, and was mighty to pull down strong holds in a spiritual sense:

and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets; the riches of these cities, especially Tyre, are often made mention of; they were famous for their wealth, being places of great trade and merchandise; see Isaiah 23:2 all which were to be holiness to the Lord, and for the sufficient feeding and durable clothing of them that dwell before him, Isaiah 23:18 his ministers.

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And 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,” seemed to defy an enemy who could only approach her by sea. “In order to make the wall twice as strong they built a second wall ten cubits broad, leaving a space between of five cubits, which they filled with stones and earth.” Yet high walls do not fence in only; they also hem in. Mazor is both “a stronghold” and “a siege.” Wealth and strength, without God, do but invite and embitter the spoiler and the conqueror.”

And she heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets - “Though he heap up silver as the dust,” Job says, “The King” Job 27:16, Solomon, “made silver in Jerusalem as stones” 2 Chronicles 9:27. Through her manifold commerce she gathered to herself wealth, as abundant as the mire and the dust, and as valueless. “Gold and silver,” said a pagan, “are but red and white earth.” Its strength was its destruction. Tyre determined to resist Alexander, , “trusting in the strength of the island, and the stores which they had laid up,” the strength within and without, of which the prophet speaks.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 9:3. And 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, &c.


 
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