Zechariah 9:3
And Tyre has built herself a fortress, and she has piled together silver, as if it were soil, and gold, as if it were the mud of the streets.
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Joshua 19:29And it turns back at Ramah, even to the very fortified city of Tyre, and even to Hosah. And its exits shall be at the sea, from the lot of Achzib;
1 Kings 10:27And he caused silver to be as abundant in Jerusalem as stones, and he supplied a multitude of cedars like the sycamores that grow in the plains.
Job 22:24He will give you stone in place of dirt, and torrents of gold in place of stone.
Isaiah 23:8Who has made this plan against Tyre, which formerly was crowned, whose merchants were leaders, whose traders were illustrious on the earth?
Ezekiel 27:33For by the going forth of your merchandise by sea, you supplied many peoples; by the multitude of your riches and of your people, you enriched the kings of the earth.
Ezekiel 28:4By your wisdom and prudence, you have made yourself strong, and you have acquired gold and silver for your storehouses.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 9:2-9
Prophecy against Syria; Prophecy against the Enemies of Israel; Judgments and Mercies. ( b. c. 510.) 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. 3 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… Read the whole commentary →