Ecclesiasticus 37:33

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

Propterea hæc dicit Dominus de rege Assyriorum: [Non intrabit civitatem hanc,
et non jaciet ibi sagittam,
et non occupabit eam clypeus,
et non mittet in circuitu ejus aggerem.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Propterea h�c dicit Dominus de rege Assyriorum : Non intrabit civitatem hanc, et non jaciet ibi sagittam, et non occupabit eam clypeus, et non mittet in circuitu ejus aggerem.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Propterea haec dicit Dominus de rege Assyriorum: Non introibit civitatem hanc et non iaciet ibi sagittam et non opponet ei clipeum et non mittet contra eam aggerem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

He: Isaiah 8:7-10, Isaiah 10:32-34, Isaiah 17:12, Isaiah 17:14, Isaiah 33:20, 2 Kings 19:32-35

shields: Heb. shield

cast: Ezekiel 21:22, Luke 19:43, Luke 19:44

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:20 - thou shalt build Psalms 48:3 - General Isaiah 10:24 - be not afraid Isaiah 22:2 - thy slain Jeremiah 26:24 - that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria,.... The issue of his expedition, and the fruitfulness of it; how vain his attempts would be, and how successless in this undertaking:

he shall not come into this city; shall not enter into it, and take possession of it, though so sure of it; or, "shall not come unto it w"; for some think he never was any nearer it than Libnah, from whence he sent his letters to Hezekiah, Isaiah 37:8,

nor shoot an arrow there; neither he nor his archers, so as to annoy or kill anyone person in it:

nor come before it with shields; or, "with a shield"; that is, he himself with one; otherwise his army under Rabshakeh was before it with men armed with shields; or the sense is, he shall not prevent it, or seize upon it, with his shielded men:

nor cast a bank against it; raise a mount, in order to fix his batteries upon, and play his artillery from, and shoot his arrows in to greater advantage.

w לא יבא אל העיר הזאת "non veniet ad civitatem hanc", Oecolampadius, Musculus, Gataker; "ad urbem hanc": Vitringa.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He shall not come into this city - Sennacherib encamped probably on the northeast side of the city, and his army was destroyed there (see the notes at Isaiah 10:28 ff.)

Nor shoot an arrow there - That is, nor shoot an arrow within the walls of the city.

Nor come before it with shields - (See the note at Isaiah 21:5). The meaning here is, that the army should not be permitted to come before the city defended with shields, and prepared with the means of attack and defense.

Nor cast a bank against it - A mound; a pile of earth thrown up in the manner of a fort to defend the assailants, or to give them an advantage in attacking the walls. Sieges were conducted by throwing up banks or fortifications, behind which the army of attack could be secure to carry on their operations. Towers filled with armed men were also constructed, covered with hides and other impenetrable materials, which could be made to approach the walls, and from which those who were within could safely conduct the attack.