The description of the siege is that of a town invested by land (Ezekiel 26:7).

Nebuchadrezzar (see note on Jeremiah 21:2…

Engines of war. —This is now generally understood to mean battering-rams, although the word is a different one from that …

And he shall set engines of war against thy walls Which some Jewish writers understand of crossbows, out of which stones …

To be secretly pleased with the death or decay of others when we are likely to benefit from it, or with their fall when we may prosper from it, is …