Ezequiel 26:9

Almeida Revista e Corrigida

E por trabucos em frente de ti contra os teus muros e derribar as tuas torres com os seus machados.

Parallel Translations

A Biblia Sagrada
E dispor os seus aretes contra os teus muros, e derrubar as tuas torres com os seus machados.

Almeida Revista e Atualizada
Dispor os seus aretes contra os teus muros e, com os seus ferros, deitar abaixo as tuas torres.

Bible Verse Review
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2 Chronicles 26:15

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 26:4 - destroy

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 warlike machines, invented to throw large stones against the walls of a place, to beat them down. Some think they were the same with the battering rams, used in sieges for the demolishing of walls; which was a late invention of those times, Ezekiel being the first writer, it is said, that makes mention of them:

and with his axes he shall break down thy towers; the word here used signifies anything made of iron, as swords, spears, hammers, and axes; the latter, being more proper to demolish towers, is here pitched on by our translators. The Targum renders it, "with stones of iron"; that is, with iron balls cast out of their engines.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The description of the siege is that of a town invested by land.

Ezekiel 26:7

Nebuchadrezzar - Jeremiah 21:2 note.

Ezekiel 26:8

Lift up the buckler - i. e., set a wall of shields, under cover of which the walls could be approached.

Ezekiel 26:9

Engines of war - Or, his battering ram. “axes” swords. They who would break flown the towers, rush on with their swords to slay the defenders.

Ezekiel 26:11

Garrisons - pillars, on which stood statues of some protecting god. Compare 2 Kings 10:26.

Ezekiel 26:14

The siege had been on land, but the victory was to be completed by the subjection of the island-citadel.