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THE MESSAGE
Zechariah 9:3
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Christian Standard Bible®
Tyre has built herself a fortress;she has heaped up silver like dustand gold like the dirt of the streets.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And Tyre built herself a strong hold, and amassed silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
New English Translation
Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!
Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud 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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tyrus shal make hirself stronge, heape vp syluer as the sonde, and golde as the claye of the stretes.
Contextual Overview
1War Bulletin: God 's Message challenges the country of Hadrach. It will settle on Damascus. The whole world has its eyes on God . Israel isn't the only one. That includes Hamath at the border, and Tyre and Sidon, clever as they think they are. Tyre has put together quite a kingdom for herself; she has stacked up silver like cordwood, piled gold high as haystacks. But God will certainly bankrupt her; he will dump all that wealth into the ocean and burn up what's left in a big fire. Ashkelon will see it and panic, Gaza will wring its hands, Ekron will face a dead end. Gaza's king will die. Ashkelon will be emptied out, And a villain will take over in Ashdod. "I'll take proud Philistia down a peg: I'll make him spit out his bloody booty and abandon his vile ways." What's left will be all God's—a core of survivors, a family brought together in Judah— But enemies like Ekron will go the way of the Jebusites, into the dustbin of history. "I will set up camp in my home country and defend it against invaders. Nobody is going to hurt my people ever again. I'm keeping my eye on them. "Shout and cheer, Daughter Zion! Raise the roof, Daughter Jerusalem! Your king is coming! a good king who makes all things right, a humble king riding a donkey, a mere colt of a donkey. I've had it with war—no more chariots in Ephraim, no more war horses in Jerusalem, no more swords and spears, bows and arrows. He will offer peace to the nations, a peaceful rule worldwide, from the four winds to the seven seas. "And you, because of my blood covenant with you, I'll release your prisoners from their hopeless cells. Come home, hope-filled prisoners! This very day I'm declaring a double bonus— everything you lost returned twice-over! Judah is now my weapon, the bow I'll pull, setting Ephraim as an arrow to the string. I'll wake up your sons, O Zion, to counter your sons, O Greece. From now on people are my swords." Then God will come into view, his arrows flashing like lightning! Master God will blast his trumpet and set out in a whirlwind. God -of-the-Angel-Armies will protect them— all-out war, The war to end all wars, no holds barred. Their God will save the day. He'll rescue them. They'll become like sheep, gentle and soft, Or like gemstones in a crown, catching all the colors of the sun. Then how they'll shine! shimmer! glow! the young men robust, the young women lovely! 7The Whole World Has Its Eyes on God War Bulletin: God 's Message challenges the country of Hadrach. It will settle on Damascus. The whole world has its eyes on God . Israel isn't the only one. That includes Hamath at the border, and Tyre and Sidon, clever as they think they are. Tyre has put together quite a kingdom for herself; she has stacked up silver like cordwood, piled gold high as haystacks. But God will certainly bankrupt her; he will dump all that wealth into the ocean and burn up what's left in a big fire. Ashkelon will see it and panic, Gaza will wring its hands, Ekron will face a dead end. Gaza's king will die. Ashkelon will be emptied out, And a villain will take over in Ashdod. "I'll take proud Philistia down a peg: I'll make him spit out his bloody booty and abandon his vile ways." What's left will be all God's—a core of survivors, a family brought together in Judah— But enemies like Ekron will go the way of the Jebusites, into the dustbin of history. "I will set up camp in my home country and defend it against invaders. Nobody is going to hurt my people ever again. I'm keeping my eye on them. "Shout and cheer, Daughter Zion! Raise the roof, Daughter Jerusalem! Your king is coming! a good king who makes all things right, a humble king riding a donkey, a mere colt of a donkey. I've had it with war—no more chariots in Ephraim, no more war horses in Jerusalem, no more swords and spears, bows and arrows. He will offer peace to the nations, a peaceful rule worldwide, from the four winds to the seven seas. "And you, because of my blood covenant with you, I'll release your prisoners from their hopeless cells. Come home, hope-filled prisoners! This very day I'm declaring a double bonus— everything you lost returned twice-over! Judah is now my weapon, the bow I'll pull, setting Ephraim as an arrow to the string. I'll wake up your sons, O Zion, to counter your sons, O Greece. From now on people are my swords." Then God will come into view, his arrows flashing like lightning! Master God will blast his trumpet and set out in a whirlwind. God -of-the-Angel-Armies will protect them— all-out war, The war to end all wars, no holds barred. Their God will save the day. He'll rescue them. They'll become like sheep, gentle and soft, Or like gemstones in a crown, catching all the colors of the sun. Then how they'll shine! shimmer! glow! the young men robust, the young women lovely! 8The Whole World Has Its Eyes on God War Bulletin: God 's Message challenges the country of Hadrach. It will settle on Damascus. The whole world has its eyes on God . Israel isn't the only one. That includes Hamath at the border, and Tyre and Sidon, clever as they think they are. Tyre has put together quite a kingdom for herself; she has stacked up silver like cordwood, piled gold high as haystacks. But God will certainly bankrupt her; he will dump all that wealth into the ocean and burn up what's left in a big fire. Ashkelon will see it and panic, Gaza will wring its hands, Ekron will face a dead end. Gaza's king will die. Ashkelon will be emptied out, And a villain will take over in Ashdod. "I'll take proud Philistia down a peg: I'll make him spit out his bloody booty and abandon his vile ways." What's left will be all God's—a core of survivors, a family brought together in Judah— But enemies like Ekron will go the way of the Jebusites, into the dustbin of history. "I will set up camp in my home country and defend it against invaders. Nobody is going to hurt my people ever again. I'm keeping my eye on them.
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
God blessed Noah and his sons: He said, "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill the Earth! Every living creature—birds, animals, fish—will fall under your spell and be afraid of you. You're responsible for them. All living creatures are yours for food; just as I gave you the plants, now I give you everything else. Except for meat with its lifeblood still in it—don't eat that.
God blessed Noah and his sons: He said, "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill the Earth! Every living creature—birds, animals, fish—will fall under your spell and be afraid of you. You're responsible for them. All living creatures are yours for food; just as I gave you the plants, now I give you everything else. Except for meat with its lifeblood still in it—don't eat that.
Genesis 9:5
"But your own lifeblood I will avenge; I will avenge it against both animals and other humans.
"But your own lifeblood I will avenge; I will avenge it against both animals and other humans.
Genesis 9:12
God continued, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and everything living around you and everyone living after you. I'm putting my rainbow in the clouds, a sign of the covenant between me and the Earth. From now on, when I form a cloud over the Earth and the rainbow appears in the cloud, I'll remember my covenant between me and you and everything living, that never again will floodwaters destroy all life. When the rainbow appears in the cloud, I'll see it and remember the eternal covenant between God and everything living, every last living creature on Earth."
God continued, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and everything living around you and everyone living after you. I'm putting my rainbow in the clouds, a sign of the covenant between me and the Earth. From now on, when I form a cloud over the Earth and the rainbow appears in the cloud, I'll remember my covenant between me and you and everything living, that never again will floodwaters destroy all life. When the rainbow appears in the cloud, I'll see it and remember the eternal covenant between God and everything living, every last living creature on Earth."
Deuteronomy 12:15
It's permissible to slaughter your nonsacrificial animals like gazelle and deer in your towns and eat all you want from them with the blessing of God , your God. Both the ritually clean and unclean may eat.
It's permissible to slaughter your nonsacrificial animals like gazelle and deer in your towns and eat all you want from them with the blessing of God , your God. Both the ritually clean and unclean may eat.
Romans 14:17
God's kingdom isn't a matter of what you put in your stomach, for goodness' sake. It's what God does with your life as he sets it right, puts it together, and completes it with joy. Your task is to single-mindedly serve Christ. Do that and you'll kill two birds with one stone: pleasing the God above you and proving your worth to the people around you.
God's kingdom isn't a matter of what you put in your stomach, for goodness' sake. It's what God does with your life as he sets it right, puts it together, and completes it with joy. Your task is to single-mindedly serve Christ. Do that and you'll kill two birds with one stone: pleasing the God above you and proving your worth to the people around you.
1 Corinthians 10:23
Looking at it one way, you could say, "Anything goes. Because of God's immense generosity and grace, we don't have to dissect and scrutinize every action to see if it will pass muster." But the point is not to just get by. We want to live well, but our foremost efforts should be to help others live well.
Looking at it one way, you could say, "Anything goes. Because of God's immense generosity and grace, we don't have to dissect and scrutinize every action to see if it will pass muster." But the point is not to just get by. We want to live well, but our foremost efforts should be to help others live well.
1 Corinthians 10:31
So eat your meals heartily, not worrying about what others say about you—you're eating to God's glory, after all, not to please them. As a matter of fact, do everything that way, heartily and freely to God's glory. At the same time, don't be callous in your exercise of freedom, thoughtlessly stepping on the toes of those who aren't as free as you are. I try my best to be considerate of everyone's feelings in all these matters; I hope you will be, too.
So eat your meals heartily, not worrying about what others say about you—you're eating to God's glory, after all, not to please them. As a matter of fact, do everything that way, heartily and freely to God's glory. At the same time, don't be callous in your exercise of freedom, thoughtlessly stepping on the toes of those who aren't as free as you are. I try my best to be considerate of everyone's feelings in all these matters; I hope you will be, too.
Colossians 2:16
So don't put up with anyone pressuring you in details of diet, worship services, or holy days. All those things are mere shadows cast before what was to come; the substance is Christ.
So don't put up with anyone pressuring you in details of diet, worship services, or holy days. All those things are mere shadows cast before what was to come; the substance is Christ.
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. âTyreâ (Zor) literally, âthe rock,â âbuilt herself mazor, tower,â a rock-like fort, as it were, a rock upon exceeding strength, binding her together. . âThe walls, 150 feet high and of breadth proportionate, compacted of large stones, embedded in gypsum,â seemed to defy an enemy who could only approach her by sea. âIn 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.â Yet high walls do not fence in only; they also hem in. Mazor is both âa strongholdâ and âa siege.â Wealth and strength, without God, do but invite and embitter the spoiler and the conqueror.â
And she heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets - âThough he heap up silver as the dust,â Job says, âThe Kingâ Job 27:16, Solomon, âmade silver in Jerusalem as stonesâ 2 Chronicles 9:27. Through her manifold commerce she gathered to herself wealth, as abundant as the mire and the dust, and as valueless. âGold and silver,â said a pagan, âare but red and white earth.â Its strength was its destruction. Tyre determined to resist Alexander, , âtrusting in the strength of the island, and the stores which they had laid up,â 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.
