Ezekiel 21:20
A way, shalt thou appoint, for the sword to enter. Even to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon,— And to Judah against Jerusalem, the defenced,
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2 Samuel 5:9So then David dwelt in the citadel, and called it, The City of David,—and David built round about, from Millo and inwards.
2 Chronicles 26:9And Uzziah built towers, in Jerusalem, over the corner-gate, and over the valley-gate, and over the angle,—and he made them strong.
2 Chronicles 33:14And, after this, he built an outer wall to the city of David on the west of the Gihon in the ravine, even to the entering in through the fish-gate, and went round to Ophel, and carried it up very high,—and put captains of valour in all the fortified cities, throughout Judah.
Psalms 125:1They who trust in Yahweh, [are] like Mount Zion, which shall not be shaken, Age-abidingly, shall it remain.
Jeremiah 49:2Therefore, lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh When I will cause to be heard against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, an alarm of war, So shall she become a mound of desolation, And, her villages, with fire, shall blaze,—Then shall Israel, inherit them who inherited him, Saith Yahweh.
Ezekiel 25:5And I will make of Rabbah a home for camels, And the sons of Ammon a couching-place for flocks, So shall ye know that, I, am Yahweh.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:19-28
Judgments Predicted. ( b. c. 592.) 18 The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, 19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. 20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination:… Read the whole commentary →