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Zechariah 9:4

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9:4Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications6 into the sea—she will be consumed by fire.

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  1. 6 The Hebrew word חַיִל (khayil, “strength, wealth”) can, with certain suffixes, look exactly like חֵל (khel, “fortress, rampart”). The chiastic pattern here suggests that not Tyre’s riches but her defenses will be cast into the sea. Thus the present translation renders the term “fortifications” (so also ) rather than “wealth” (, , ) or “power” (, ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions

and strike down her power on the sea,

and she shall be devoured by fire.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But the Lord will take away her possessions

and destroy her power on the sea,

and she will be consumed by fire.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Listen! The Lord will impoverish her

and cast her wealth into the sea;

she herself will be consumed by fire.

NLTNew Living Translation

But now the Lord will strip away Tyre’s possessions

and hurl its fortifications into the sea,

and it will be burned to the ground.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Look! The Lord will drive it out

and will hurl its outer ramparts into the sea,

and it will be consumed by fire.

KJV 1900King James Version

Behold, the Lord will cast her out,

And he will smite her power in the sea;

And she shall be devoured with fire.