12 occurrences

'Walls' in the Bible

For behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith Jehovah, and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah:

Verse ConceptsGatesThroneSitting In The GatewayAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

And I, behold, I appoint thee this day as a strong city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land; against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

Verse ConceptsBronzeCityIronPillarsWallsBrassMetaphorical PillarsFigurative WallsThings Like BronzeThings Like IronKings of judahFamily Conflictpriests

My bowels! my bowels! I am in travail! Oh, the walls of my heart! My heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace: for thou hearest, my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the clamour of war.

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartAgony, God's JudgmentRenewed HeartBowelsTrumpets For BattleOther References To The HeartReady For WarWarTragedyheartbeat

Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end; take away her battlements, for they are not Jehovah's.

Verse ConceptsDestroying VineyardsBattlementsDestruction Of PlantsNot Destroyed

Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, outside the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

Verse ConceptsGod Will Cause DefeatPerspective

And it came to pass when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, that they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls; and he went out the way of the plain.

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalHorticultureComing BetweenTwo Parts Of ConstructionsGardens Attached To Palaces

And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsPalacesDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallBurning Jerusalem

Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand; her ramparts are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for this is the vengeance of Jehovah. Take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

Verse ConceptsTowersWallsMan AvengingLet Evil ReboundRevengeSurrenderTreating Others

Lift up a banner towards the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Jehovah hath both devised and done that which he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerGuardsWatchmanBabylon DestroyedAmbushFlagsThe judgment of babylon

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly laid bare, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; so that the peoples will have laboured in vain, and the nations for the fire: and they shall be weary.

Verse ConceptsFutilityCityBroadnessCity GatesFire Of JudgementBurning CitiesUseless LabourToiling In Vain

And the city was broken into: and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were near the city round about); and they went the way toward the plain.

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsHorticultureComing BetweenCity GatesIsrael Fleeing

And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the body-guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

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