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Ezekiel 21:22

In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.

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ASV

In his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.

KJV

At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בִּֽימִינ֞וֹbi.mi.Noin right [hand] hisH3225 →
הָיָ֣ה׀ha.Yahit wasH1961 →
הַקֶּ֣סֶםha.Ke.semthe divinationH7081 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →
לָשׂ֤וּםla.Sumto set upH7760 →
כָּרִים֙ka.Rimbattering-ramsH3733 →
לִפְתֹּ֤חַlif.To.achto openH6605 →
פֶּה֙peha mouthH6310 →
בְּרֶ֔צַחbe.Re.tzachfor shatteringH7524 →
לְהָרִ֥יםle.ha.Rimto raiseH7311 →
ק֖וֹלKola soundH6963 →
בִּתְרוּעָ֑הbit.ru.'Ahwith a war cryH8643 →
לָשׂ֤וּםla.Sumto set upH7760 →
כָּרִים֙ka.Rimbattering-ramsH3733 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
שְׁעָרִ֔יםshe.'a.Rim[the] gatesH8179 →
לִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְlish.Pokhto pour outH8210 →
סֹלְלָ֖הso.le.Laha moundH5550 →
לִבְנ֥וֹתliv.Notto buildH1129 →
דָּיֵֽק׃da.Yeka siege-wallH1785 →

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Ezekiel 4:2Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.Jeremiah 4:16Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.Ezekiel 26:8He 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.Ezekiel 26:9He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.Isaiah 29:3I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.Joshua 6:10But Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you are to shout!”Jeremiah 52:4So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.Jeremiah 51:14The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”Job 39:25At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar— the shouts of captains and the cry of war.1 Samuel 17:20So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.Joshua 6:20So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.Jeremiah 32:24See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!Jeremiah 33:4For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the siege ramps and the sword:Exodus 32:17–18When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”Ezekiel 21:15So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.Isaiah 37:33So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.Jeremiah 20:16May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,Jeremiah 50:15Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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