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He’ll execute your citizens who live on the mainland with swords. He’ll build siege engines to attack you. Then he’ll construct siege ramps against you and build huge shields to protect themselves[a] against you.

“‘He’ll direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and will breach your fortified towers with axes.[b] 10 There will be so many horses that the dust raised by them will cover you completely. The walls of your city will tremble from the noise of Nebuchadnezzar’s[c] cavalry, wagons, and chariots when they enter through the gates of your city, as men enter a city that has been breached.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 26:8 The Heb. lacks to protect themselves
  2. Ezekiel 26:9 Or swords
  3. Ezekiel 26:10 Lit. their

He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works(A) against you, build a ramp(B) up to your walls and raise his shields against you. He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and demolish your towers with his weapons.(C) 10 His horses will be so many that they will cover you with dust. Your walls will tremble at the noise of the warhorses, wagons and chariots(D) when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through.

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