Ezekiel 4:2 - Easy To Read Version2 And then act like you are an army surrounding the city. Build a dirt wall around the city \{to help you attack it\}. Build a dirt road leading up to the city wall. Bring battering rams {\cf2\super [35]} and set up army camps around the city. Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 17692 and lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition2 And put siege works against it, build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it and set battering rams against it round about. Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)2 and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about. Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible2 Prepare the siege: Build a wall, construct ramps, set up army camps, and place battering rams all around. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version2 And you shall set up a blockade against it, and you shall build fortifications, and you shall put together a rampart, and you shall encamp opposite it, and you shall place battering rams around it. Féach an chaibidilDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version2 And lay siege against it and build forts and cast up a mount and set a camp against it and place battering rams round about it. Féach an chaibidil |
“And now, the enemy has surrounded the city. They are building ramps, so that they can get over the walls of Jerusalem and capture it. By using their swords, and hunger, and terrible sicknesses, the Babylonian army will defeat the city of Jerusalem. The Babylonian army is attacking the city now. Lord, you said this would happen—and now you see it is happening.
The Lord is the God of Israel. The Lord says these things about the houses in Jerusalem and about the palaces {\cf2\super [277]} of the kings of Judah. The enemy will pull those houses down. The enemy will build ramps up to the top of the city walls. The enemy will use swords and fight the people in these cities.
So, in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month {\cf2\super [434]} Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, marched against Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar had his whole army with him. The army of Babylon set up their camp outside of Jerusalem. Then they built ramps all around the city walls \{so they could get over those walls\}.
“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.