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Zechariah 9:3
“Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets.”
Verse in context — Zechariah 9
1
An oracle. The word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach, and will rest upon Damascus; for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Yahweh;
2
and Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
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Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets.
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Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.
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Ashkelon will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will writhe in agony; as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
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