Ezekiel 26:9 - Easy To Read Version He will bring the logs to break down your walls. He will use picks and break down your towers. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he shall set his battering engines in shock against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. American Standard Version (1901) And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. Common English Bible He will pound his battering ram against your walls; with crowbars he will tear down your towers. Catholic Public Domain Version And he will combine moveable shelters and battering rams before your walls, and he will destroy your towers with his armaments. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he shall set engines of mar and battering rams against thy walls and shall destroy thy towers with his arms. |
In Jerusalem Uzziah made machines that were invented by clever men. Those machines were put on the towers and corner walls. These machines shot arrows and large rocks. Uzziah became famous. People knew his name in far away places. He had much help and became a powerful king.
“The signs tell him to take the road on his right, the road leading to Jerusalem! He plans to bring the battering rams. {\cf2\super [162]} He will give the command, and his soldiers will begin the killing. They will shout the battle cry. Then they will build a wall of dirt around the city. They will build a dirt road leading up to the walls. They will build wooden towers to attack the city.
There will be so many of his horses that the dust from them will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of horse soldiers, wagons, and chariots {\cf2\super [213]} when the king of Babylon enters the city through your city gates. Yes, they will come into your city because its walls will be pulled down.
\{God said,\} “Those enemy soldiers will destroy the walls of Tyre and pull down her towers. I will also scrape the topsoil from her land. I will make Tyre a bare rock.
Nebuchadnezzar will kill your daughters (small towns) on the mainland. He will build towers to attack your city. He will build a dirt road around your city. He will build a dirt road leading up to the walls.