And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold. The pagan historian, Diodorus Siculus (17: 40) confirms this: 'Tyre had the greatest confidence, owing to her insular position and fortifications, and the abundant stores she had prepared.' New Tyre was on an island 700, paces from the shore. As Isaiah's and Ezekiel's (Ezekiel 27:1-36) prophecies were directed against Old Tyre, on the mainland, and were fulfilled by Nebuchadnezzar; so Zechariah's are against New Tyre, which was made seemingly impregnable by a double wall 150 feet high, as well as the sea on all sides.