Isaiah 29:3
And I will besiege thee all around, 1 and will lay siege against thee with towers, 1 and I will raise metzurot (siegeworks) against thee. 1
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2 Kings 19:32Therefore thus saith Hashem concerning Melech Ashur, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot khetz (an arrow) there, nor come before it with mogen, nor cast a siege ramp against it.
2 Kings 25:1And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, + 25:1 See Zech 8:19 that Nevukhadnetzar Melech Bavel came, he, and all his army, against Yerushalayim, and encamped against it; and built siege works against it round about.
Ezekiel 21:22I will also strike Mine palm together, and I will appease My chemah (wrath). I Hashem have said it.
Luke 19:43Because yamim (days) will come upon you when your oyevim (enemies) will construct a siege against you and they will surround you and will hem you in from all directions. + 19:43 Isa 29:3; Jer 6:6; Ezek 4:2; 28:6
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 29:2-9
The Punishment of Ariel. ( b. c. 725.) 1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. 2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. 3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. 4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one… Read the whole commentary →