Zechariah 9:3

New International Reader's Version

Tyre’s people have built a fort for themselves. They’ve piled up silver like dust. They have as much gold as the dirt in the streets.

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:7

Then they went toward the fort of Tyre. They went to all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to Beersheba. It was in the Negev Desert of Judah.

1 Kings 10:21

All of King Solomon’s cups were made out of gold. All the things used in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were made out of pure gold. Nothing was made out of silver. When Solomon was king, silver wasn’t considered to be worth very much.

1 Kings 10:27

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones. He made cedar wood as common there as sycamore-fig trees in the western hills.

Job 22:24

You must throw your gold nuggets away. You must toss your gold from Ophir into a valley.

Job 27:16

Sinners might store up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay.

Job 3:15

I’d be with princes who used to have gold. They had filled their houses with silver.

Isaiah 23:11

The Lord has reached his powerful hand out over the sea. He has made its kingdoms tremble with fear. He has given a command concerning Phoenicia. He has ordered that its forts be destroyed.

Isaiah 23:8

Tyre was a city that produced kings. Its traders were princes. They were honored all over the earth. So who planned to destroy such a city?

Ezekiel 26:12

His men will take away from you your wealth and anything else you have. They will pull down your walls. They will completely destroy your fine houses. They will throw the stones and lumber of your broken-down buildings into the sea.

Ezekiel 27:27

You will be wrecked on that day. Your wealth, goods and products will sink deep into the sea. So will your sailors, officers, carpenters, traders and all your soldiers. Anyone else on board will sink too.

Ezekiel 27:33

Your goods went out on the seas. You supplied many nations with what they needed. You had so much wealth and so many products. You made the kings of the earth rich.

Ezekiel 27:34

Now the sea has torn you apart. You have sunk deep down into it. Your products and all your people have gone down with you.

Ezekiel 28:1

A message from the Lord came to me. The Lord said,

Amos 1:9

The Lord says, “The people of Tyre have sinned again and again. So I will judge them. They captured whole communities. They sold them to Edom. They did not honor the treaty of friendship they had made.

Joshua 19:29

The border then turned back toward Ramah. It went to Tyre, a city that had high walls around it. It turned toward Hosah. It came to an end at the Mediterranean Sea in the area of Akzib,