richmahn_en_tn/zec/09/03.md

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built herself a stronghold

Here the city of Tyre is pictured as a woman. Alternate translation: "built a strong fortress" or "built a high wall" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)

heaped up silver like dust and refined gold like mud in the streets

Yahweh exaggerates to emphasize how rich Tyre was. Alternate translation: "accumulated silver and gold as much as soil in the streets" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)