And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.
And a battering-ram before him he placeth against thy walls, And thy towers he breaketh by his weapons.
and he shall set his engines of attack against thy walls, and with his spikes he shall break down thy towers.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)