Zechariah 9:3

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 19:29 : 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:
  • Job 27:16 : 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
  • Ezek 28:4-5 : 4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: 5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
  • Ezek 27:33 : 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.
  • 2 Sam 24:7 : 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 Beersheba.
  • 1 Kgs 10:27 : 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.
  • Job 22:24 : 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
  • Isa 23:8 : 8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Zech 9:4
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    4Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

  • Zech 9:2
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    2And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

  • Ezek 26:2-5
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    2Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:

    3Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

    4And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

    5It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

  • Ezek 27:2-4
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    2Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

    3And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.

    4Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

  • Isa 23:1-10
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    1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

    2Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

    3And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

    4Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.

    5As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

    6Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.

    7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

    8Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

    9The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

    10Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.

  • Ezek 27:32-33
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    32And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?

    33When 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.

  • Amos 1:9-10
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    9Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:

    10But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.

  • Joel 3:4-5
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    4Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;

    5Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:

  • Ezek 27:7-9
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    7Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.

    8The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

    9The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.

  • Ezek 27:12
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    12Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.

  • Isa 23:17-18
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    17And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

    18And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

  • Jer 10:9
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    9Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

  • Ezek 26:15
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    15Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

  • Ps 45:12
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    12And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

  • Isa 23:14-15
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    14Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

    15And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.

  • Job 3:15
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    15Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

  • Nah 3:14
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    14Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

  • Job 22:24
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    24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

  • Nah 2:9
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    9Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.

  • Ezek 7:19
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    19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

  • Ezek 28:5
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    5By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

  • Jer 25:22
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    22And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,

  • Ezek 27:25
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    25The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

  • Ezek 26:12
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    12And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

  • Ezek 28:12
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    12Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

  • Ezek 16:24
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    24That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.

  • Ezek 16:31
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    31In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

  • Isa 25:12
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    12And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

  • 1 Chr 29:4
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    4Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal: