Ezekiel 21:20
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Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
In other translations
Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
Hebrew words
דֶּרֶךְderekha roadH1870תָּשִׂיםtasimyou will makeH7760לָבוֹאlavo'to comeH935חֶרֶבchereva swordH2719אֵת'et<obj.>H853רַבַּתrabatRabbah ofH7237בְּנֵי־benei-[the] people ofH1121עַמּוֹןamonAmmonH5983וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853יְהוּדָהyehudahJudahH3063בִירוּשָׁלִַםvirushalimin JerusalemH3389בְּצוּרָה׃betzurahfortifiedH1219
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Related verses
- Amos 1:14But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.
- Jeremiah 49:2Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord.Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 3:11For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
- Ezekiel 25:5And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
- Psalm 48:12-1312 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. 13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.12 March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers, 13 consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
- Psalm 125:1-21 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.1 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever. 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.
- Isaiah 22:10And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.
- 2 Samuel 12:26And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
- 2 Chronicles 26:9Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
- 2 Samuel 5:9So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
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People: Judah