And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
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Gill's Exposition
And he shall set engines of war against thy walls,.... Which some Jewish writers understand of crossbows, out of which stones or arrows were cast; but rather, according to Kimchi and Jarchi, they were…
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
engines of war or, engines of assault, i.e. battering engines. "Axes" is lit. swords, i.e. irons.
10 seq. The assault and capture and sack of the city. The description is graphic in the extreme. When…