16 occurrences in 9 translations

'Mounds' in the Bible

However, Israel did not burn any of the cities that stood on their mounds except Hazor, which Joshua burned.

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyConflagrationsBurning Cities

before his colleagues and the powerful men of Samaria, and said, “What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”

Verse ConceptsJudaismCharacter Of WickedFeeblenessAnti semitismShort Time For Action

If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,

Verse ConceptsWealthClaySilverDressNumerous As Dust

Behold the mounds, they are come unto the city for taking it; and the city is given over into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, by the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and behold, thou seest it.

Verse ConceptsAttackingActual Attacks On JerusalemGod Will Cause Defeat

For thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down because of the mounds and because of the sword:

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of HousesActual Attacks On Jerusalem

Come against her from the most distant places.Open her granaries;pile her up like mounds of grainand completely destroy her.Leave her no survivors.

Verse ConceptsBabylonGrainDestruction Of BabylonPeople Destroying Foreign Nationsborders

Now it came about in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem; and they camped against it and built moveable towers and siege mounds all around it.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsArmies, Against IsraelMonth 10Years Of Zedekiah

He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

Verse ConceptsHard TasksNations Attacking Israel

"You built raised mounds and high places for yourself on every plaza.

Verse ConceptsCity Squares

I will hand you over to them, and they will level your mounds and tear down your elevated places. They will strip off your clothes, take your beautiful jewelry, and leave you stark naked.

Verse ConceptsNakednessDestruction Of Satan's WorksPeople Stripping PeopleTo Be Given Into One's Handsjewelry

Pharaoh, with his massive army and large battalions won't protect him when mounds and siege walls are built to destroy many people.

Verse ConceptsFortsAttempting To KillSiege MoundsEarthly Armies

On his right hand he is divining against Jerusalem, preparing to set up battering rams, preparing for the slaughter, getting ready to sound the alarm for battle, setting the battering rams in place at the gates, building siege mounds, and erecting a siege wall.

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsBattle CriesAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldEvil For The Right HandSiege Mounds

"Son of Man," the Lord GOD told me, "This is where my throne is, where I place the soles of my feet, and where I will live among the Israelis forever. The house of Israel will no longer defile my holy name neither they nor their kings by their unfaithfulness, by the lifeless idols of their kings on their funeral mounds,

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfCarcass, Figurative UseHigh PlacesNames And Titles For The ChurchGod Living With UsProfaning God's NameSpiritual HarlotryCare Of FeetRules About Corpses

Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. They will have no strength to prevail.

Verse ConceptsThe Nations Attackedtechnology

Charging horseman,flashing sword,shining spear;heaps of slain,mounds of corpses,dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead.

Verse ConceptsStumblingWarfare, Nature OfRiding HorsesSpeedPeople StumblingSparklingDeath

“They make fun of kingsAnd rulers are a laughing matter to them.They ridicule every strongholdAnd heap up rubble [for earth mounds] and capture it.

Verse ConceptsLaughterScoffingAttitudes Towards KingsMaking FunSiege Moundsjoking

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