Ezekiel 26:9
7 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.
8 He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.
He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.
10 His multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.
11 The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.
- KJV
- And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
- WEB
- He will set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.
- ASV
- And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
- DARBY
- and he shall set his engines of attack against thy walls, and with his spikes he shall break down thy towers.
- BLB
- and the blow of his battering ram he will place against your walls, and your towers he will tear down with his swords.
- ÅB
- Og sin murbrekker skal han sette mot dine murer, og dine tårn skal han bryte ned med sine jern.
- OTB
- Han skal slå dine murer med sine rambukker og rive ned dine tårn med sine våpen.
- B1930
- Og sin murbrekker skal han sette mot dine murer, og dine tårn skal han bryte ned med sine jern.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 26:15
And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.
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