Zechariah 9:3
And Tyre built strongholds for herself, and heaped up silver as dust, and gathered gold as the mire of the ways.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
2And in Hamath, even in her coasts, are Tyre and Sidon, because they were very wise.
Cross References
Joshua 19:29And the borders shall turn back to Ramah, and to the fountain of Masphassat, and the Tyrians; and the borders shall return to Jasiph, and their going forth shall be the sea, and Mahalab, and Achzib,
1 Kings 10:27And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as the sycamores in the plain for multitude.
Job 22:24Thou shalt lay up for thyself treasure in a heap on the rock; 1 And Ophir shall be as the rock of the torrent. 1
Isaiah 23:8Who has devised this counsel against Tyre? Is she inferior? or has she no strength? her merchants were the glorious princes of the earth.
Ezekiel 27:33How large a reward hast thou gained from the sea? thou hast filled nations out of thine abundance; and out of thy mixed merchandise thou hast enriched all the kings of the earth.
Ezekiel 28:4Hast thou gained power for thyself by thine own knowledge or thine own prudence, and gotten gold and silver in thy treasures?
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 →