There was a little city with few people in it. A great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.
Luke 19:43 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Indeed, the days will come upon you when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you and hem you in on every side. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank [with pointed stakes] about you and surround you and shut you in on every side. [Isa. 29:3; Jer. 6:6; Ezek. 4:2.] American Standard Version (1901) For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, Common English Bible The time will come when your enemies will build fortifications around you, encircle you, and attack you from all sides. Catholic Public Domain Version For the days will overtake you. And your enemies will encircle you with a valley. And they will surround you and hem you in on every side. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the days shall come upon thee, and thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and straiten thee on every side, |
There was a little city with few people in it. A great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.
“Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, shoot an arrow there, come before it with a shield, or cast up a siege ramp against it.
Your daughter towns inland he shall put to the sword. He shall set up a siege wall against you, cast up a ramp against you, and raise a roof of shields against you.
and put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a ramp against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.
The king was enraged. He sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.