Zechariah 9:4

9:4 Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications ¹  into the sea – she will be consumed by fire.

Zechariah 14:3

14:3 Then the Lord will go to battle ²  and fight against those nations, just as he fought battles in ancient days. ³ 

¹ tn 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 NLT) rather than “wealth” (NASB, NRSV, TEV) or “power” (NAB, NIV).

² sn The statement the Lord will go to battle introduces the conflict known elsewhere as the “battle of Armageddon,” a battle in which the Lord delivers his people and establishes his millennial reign (cf. Joel 3:12, 15-16; Ezek 38–39; Rev 16:12-21; 19:19-21).

³ tn Heb “as he fights on a day of battle” (similar NASB, NIV, NRSV).