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Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
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The Danger of Self-Reliance
Commentators explain that Tyre's great sin was its self-reliance. It built a fortress "for herself, not for God" and trusted in its own cleverness and military might. This verse serves as a powerful warning that placing ultimate security in human strength or wealth, rather than in God, leads to inevitable ruin.
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Zechariah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And Tyre built herself a stronghold – she built it for herself, not for God, and trusted in it, not in God, and so its strength brought he…
19th Century
Baptist
And Zidon, though it be very wise. And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of th…
16th Century
Protestant
Zechariah continues with the same subject, for he now says that destruction was near all the nations who, as neighbors, harassed the people of God.…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold Tyre was built upon a rock, and was a strong fortress itself, from which i…
Here are judgements foretold on several nations. While the Macedonians and Alexander's successors were at war in these countries, the Lord promised…