With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
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Gill's Exposition
With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets,.... Such a number of horses running to and fro in the streets, and prancing upon the pavements, shall break them up, and destroy them,…
The description of the siege is that of a town invested by land. Eze 26:7 Nebuchadrezzar - Jer 21:2 note. Eze 26:8 Lift up the buckler - i. e., set a wall of shields, under cover of which the walls…
This prophecy is dated in the eleventh year, which was the year that Jerusalem was taken, and in the first day of the month, but it is not said what month, some think the month in which Jerusalem was…
Cambridge Bible
thy strong garrisons thy strong (or, proud) pillars. The word is almost always used of a pillar having religious meaning, particularly the obelisk dedicated to Baal (2Ki 10:26). The rendering "pillars…
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