And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
Parallel translations
- WEB He shall set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.
- BSB He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.
- NKJV He will direct his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.
- NASB And he will direct the blow of his battering rams against your walls, and he will tear down your towers with his axes.
- NLT He will pound your walls with battering rams and demolish your towers with sledgehammers.
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Quick answer
Battering rams and axes will break down Tyre's walls and towers. It portrays the dismantling of the city's proud defenses.
Overview
Siege engines and tools of demolition signal that Tyre's celebrated fortifications would be breached. The passage continues the methodical account of judgment, leaving no doubt of its thoroughness. What human strength built up for security, God appoints to be torn down, exposing the vanity of trusting in walls rather than the Lord.
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- 2 Chr 26:15And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
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