Jeremiah 33:4

New Living Translation

For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: You have torn down the houses of this city and even the king’s palace to get materials to strengthen the walls against the siege ramps and swords of the enemy.

Cross References

Isaiah 22:10

You survey the houses and tear some down for stone to strengthen the walls.

Isaiah 32:13

For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers. Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone.

Isaiah 32:14

The palace and the city will be deserted, and busy towns will be empty. Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze in the empty forts and watchtowers

Jeremiah 32:24

“See how the siege ramps have been built against the city walls! Through war, famine, and disease, the city will be handed over to the Babylonians, who will conquer it. Everything has happened just as you said.

Jeremiah 6:6

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “Cut down the trees for battering rams. Build siege ramps against the walls of Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, for she is wicked through and through.

Lamentations 2:7

The Lord has rejected his own altar; he despises his own sanctuary. He has given Jerusalem’s palaces to her enemies. They shout in the Lord’s Temple as though it were a day of celebration.

Ezekiel 21:22

The omen in his right hand says, ‘Jerusalem!’ With battering rams his soldiers will go against the gates, shouting for the kill. They will put up siege towers and build ramps against the walls.

Ezekiel 26:8

First he will destroy your mainland villages. Then he will attack you by building a siege wall, constructing a ramp, and raising a roof of shields against you.

Ezekiel 4:2

Show the city under siege. Build a wall around it so no one can escape. Set up the enemy camp, and surround the city with siege ramps and battering rams.

Habakkuk 1:10

They scoff at kings and princes and scorn all their fortresses. They simply pile ramps of earth against their walls and capture them!

Deuteronomy 20:20

You may only cut down trees that you know are not valuable for food. Use them to make the equipment you need to attack the enemy town until it falls.