Isaiah 29:3

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Summary

And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

General references

Luke 19:43

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General references

The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.

So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: "He will not enter this city, nor will he shoot an arrow here. He will not attack it with his shield-carrying warriors, nor will he build siege works against it.

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his generals were besieging it.

So King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside it. They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign.

Into his right hand comes the portent for Jerusalem -- to set up battering rams, to give the signal for slaughter, to shout out the battle cry, to set up battering rams against the gates, to erect a siege ramp, to build a siege wall.

The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.