Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
He shall set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.
Verse Takeaways
1
A Picture of Ancient Warfare
Commentators explain that this verse vividly depicts ancient siege tactics. The 'engines of war' were likely battering rams or machines for hurling large stones, a formidable technology for the time. The word for 'axes' is literally 'swords,' which scholars suggest is either a poetic way to describe the overwhelming force of the Babylonian army or a general term for all their destructive iron weapons.
See 2 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Ezekiel
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
4
18th Century
Presbyterian
The description of the siege is that of a town invested by land (Ezekiel 26:7).
Nebuchadrezzar (see note on Jeremiah 21:2…
19th Century
Anglican
Engines of war. —This is now generally understood to mean battering-rams, although the word is a different one from that …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he shall set engines of war against thy walls Which some Jewish writers understand of crossbows, out of which stones …
Your support helps us maintain this resource for everyone
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 …
