 | George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...prophet Zechariah describes in these striking terms : " And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets." r But with her commerce and prosperity, her wickedness returned ; and the judgments of God quickly... | |
 | William Jowett, Joseph Greaves - Christianity - 1825 - 550 pages
...Zechariah (ch. ix. 3, 4) of the ruin of that devoted city — Tyrus did build herself a strong hold ; and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea, and she shall be devoured... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...thereby ; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. And Тугие did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets, Zech. ix. 2, 3. : See on clause 8. ver. 15. ch. x. VER. 23. Kai ni Kam(KtoùjU, n iut той evçam... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pages
...ear of an oriental, to denote the immense riches of Tyre : " Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets."1 The beauty of the figure is lost if we attempt to judge of it by the state of an occidental... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...insertion of the word " Jeremiah" in Matt. vwii. 10. AC4ST. 3 And Tyrus did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. would have been prefixed to them either by Zechariah, by Ezra, or by the gn«t Sanhedrim. 5. Has been... | |
 | William Brown - Jews - 1826 - 718 pages
...dirty in wet:* a circumstance which Zechariah makes use of to describe the riches of Tyre. " Tyrus heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets." b This inconvenience, however, with respect to Jerusalem, was greatly obviated by the streets being... | |
 | Horace Smith - Jerusalem - 1828 - 338 pages
...own daughter ? L 2 May you both wash your feet in oil and butter ! May you be as rich as Solomon, who heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the street ! Alas ! I have done nothing but sigh and weep on account of your departure ; and if I had not... | |
 | William Hales - Bible - 1830 - 510 pages
...the city, he set fire to it. This circumstance was foretold: " Tyre did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold, as the mire of the streets. Behold the Lord will cast her out, and He will smite her power in the sea, and she shall be devoured... | |
 | William Hales - Bible - 1830 - 532 pages
...fire to it. This circumstance was foretold : " Tyre did build herself a strong hold, and heaped tip silver as the dust, and fine gold, as the mire of the streets. Behold the Lord will cast her out, and He will smite her power in the sea, and she shall be devoured... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - Bible - 1831 - 296 pages
...Zechariah, in his ninth chapter, and the third verse, says, ' Tyre did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.' At first sight, perhaps, this text might convey an idea of immense riches ; but it will display those... | |
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And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. 
