'Citadels' in the Bible
note its ramparts; tour its citadelsso that you can tell a future generation:
If you do not listen to Me to consecrate the Sabbath day by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, I will set fire to its gates, and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem and not be extinguished.”
I will set fire to the wall of Damascus;it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.
Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;Judah has also multiplied fortified cities.I will send fire on their cities,and it will consume their citadels.
Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael’s palace,and it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.
Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Gaza,and it will consume its citadels.
Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Tyre,and it will consume its citadels.
Therefore, I will send fire against Teman,and it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.
Therefore, I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah,and it will consume its citadels.There will be shouting on the day of battleand a violent wind on the day of the storm.
Therefore, I will send fire against Moab,and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth.Moab will die with a tumult,with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.
Therefore, I will send fire against Judah,and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.
Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdodand on the citadels in the land of Egypt:Assemble on the mountains of Samariaand see the great turmoil in the cityand the acts of oppression within it.
The people are incapable of doing right—this is the Lord’s declaration—those who store up violence and destructionin their citadels.
Therefore, the Lord God says:An enemy will surround the land;he will destroy your strongholdsand plunder your citadels.
The Lord God has sworn by Himself—this is the declaration of Yahweh, the God of Hosts:I loathe Jacob’s prideand hate his citadels,so I will hand over the city and everything in it.