Isaiah 29:3

God's Word

I will set up war camps all around you. I will blockade you with towers. I will put up mounds of dirt around you.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:17

Then the king of Assyria sent his commander-in-chief, his quartermaster, and his field commander with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They came there and stood at the channel for the Upper Pool on the road to the Laundryman’s Field.

2 Kings 19:32

“This is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: He will never come into this city, shoot an arrow here, hold a shield in front of it, or put up dirt ramps to attack it.

Isaiah 1:8

My people Zion are left like a hut in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city under attack.”

Ezekiel 21:22

The omens will indicate that he should go to the right, to Jerusalem. So he will set up his battering rams there, give the order to kill, raise a battle cry, aim the battering rams against the city gates, put up ramps, and set up blockades.

Matthew 22:7

“The king became angry. He sent his soldiers, killed those murderers, and burned their city.

Deuteronomy 20:20

You may destroy trees that you know are not fruit trees. You may cut them down and use them in your blockade until you capture the city.