Ezekiel 4:2
“And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And lay siege against it,.... In his own person, as in Eze 4:3; or draw the form of a siege, or figure of an army…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Lay siege against it - The prophet is represented as doing that which he portrays. The leading features of a siege are…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Battering rams - כרים carim. This is the earliest account we have of this military engine. It was a long beam with a…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ezekiel 4:1-8
The prophet is here ordered to represent to himself and others by signs which would be proper and powerful to strike the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
a fort against it The word is always used in the sing., though sometimes rightly rendered forts(2Ki 25:1), as the term…
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