In Jerusalem he set up machines, invented by skilled workers, on the towers and the corners for shooting arrows and large stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped until he became strong.
Ezekiel 26:9 - New Revised Standard Version He shall direct the shock of his battering rams against your walls and break down your towers with his axes. 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 he set up machines, invented by skilled workers, on the towers and the corners for shooting arrows and large stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped until he became strong.
Into his right hand comes the lot for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to call out for slaughter, for raising the battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build siege towers.
His horses shall be so many that their dust shall cover you. At the noise of cavalry, wheels, and chariots your very walls shall shake, when he enters your gates like those entering a breached city.
They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down its towers. I will scrape its soil from it and make it a bare rock.
Your daughter-towns in the country 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.