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Zechariah 9:3

Tyre
Judgment

1 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.

2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
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.
WEB
Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets.
ASV
And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
DARBY
And Tyre hath built herself a stronghold, and hath heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
BLB
And Tyre has built a tower for herself, and she has heaped up silver like the dust and gold like the mud of the streets.
ÅB
Tyrus bygget seg en festning, og det dynget opp sølv som støv og fint gull som skarn på gatene.
OTB
For Tyrus bygde en festning for seg selv,
Og samlet sølv som støv,
Og gull som gjørmen på gatene.
B1930
Tyrus bygget sig en festning, og det dynget op sølv som støv og fint gull som skarn på gatene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Job 27:16

    Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

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  • Ezekiel 28:4–5

    With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

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  • Joshua 19:29

    And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:

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  • Ezekiel 27:33

    When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:7

    And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-sheba.

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  • Isaiah 23:8

    Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

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  • 1 Kings 10:27

    And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.

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  • Job 22:24

    Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

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