Verse 2
Ezekiel 4:2
New Living Translation
2
Show the city under siege. Build a wall around it so no one can escape. Set up the enemy camp, and surround the city with siege ramps and battering rams.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/נָתַתָּ֨ה עָלֶ֜י/הָ מָצ֗וֹר וּ/בָנִ֤יתָ עָלֶ֨י/הָ֙ דָּיֵ֔ק וְ/שָׁפַכְתָּ֥ עָלֶ֖י/הָ סֹֽלְלָ֑ה וְ/נָתַתָּ֨ה עָלֶ֧י/הָ מַחֲנ֛וֹת וְ/שִׂים עָלֶ֥י/הָ כָּרִ֖ים סָבִֽיב
English Translation
And you shall place a mound upon it, and you shall build upon it a ramp, and you shall pour upon it a pouring, and you shall place upon it camps, and you shall set around it a fence.
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3
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8
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9
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12
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