Siege — Симфония — New International Version

If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city.

When you lay siege to a city for a long time, fighting against it to capture it, do not destroy its trees by putting an ax to them, because you can eat their fruit. Do not cut them down. Are the trees people, that you should besiege them?

Deut 20:20

However, you may cut down trees that you know are not fruit trees and use them to build siege works until the city at war with you falls.

Deut 28:52

They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Deut 28:53

Because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you.

Deut 28:55

and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities.

Deut 28:57

the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.

2Sam 11:16

So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were.

2Sam 20:15

All the troops with Joab came and besieged Sheba in Abel Beth Maakah. They built a siege ramp up to the city, and it stood against the outer fortifications. While they were battering the wall to bring it down,

1Kgs 16:17

Then Omri and all the Israelites with him withdrew from Gibbethon and laid siege to Tirzah.

2Kgs 6:24

24 Some time later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria.

2Kgs 6:25

There was a great famine in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter of a cab of seed pods for five shekels.

2Kgs 17:5

The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years.

2Kgs 18:9

In King Hezekiah’s fourth year, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and laid siege to it.

2Kgs 19:32

“Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria: “ ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it.

2Kgs 24:10

At that time the officers of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon advanced on Jerusalem and laid siege to it,

2Kgs 25:1

So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. He encamped outside the city and built siege works all around it.

2Kgs 25:2

The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

2Chr 32:1

1 After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself.

2Chr 32:9

Later, when Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces were laying siege to Lachish, he sent his officers to Jerusalem with this message for Hezekiah king of Judah and for all the people of Judah who were there:

2Chr 32:10

“This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: On what are you basing your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?

Job 19:12

His troops advance in force; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent.

Job 30:12

On my right the tribe attacks; they lay snares for my feet, they build their siege ramps against me.

Ps 31:21

Praise be to the Lord, for he showed me the wonders of his love when I was in a city under siege.

Eccl 9:14

There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it.

Isa 1:8

Daughter Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a city under siege.

Isa 21:2

A dire vision has been shown to me: The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot. Elam, attack! Media, lay siege! I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.

Isa 23:13

Look at the land of the Babylonians, this people that is now of no account! The Assyrians have made it a place for desert creatures; they raised up their siege towers, they stripped its fortresses bare and turned it into a ruin.

Isa 29:3

I will encamp against you on all sides; I will encircle you with towers and set up my siege works against you.

Isa 37:33

“Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria: “He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it.

Jer 6:6

This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Cut down the trees and build siege ramps against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; it is filled with oppression.

Jer 10:17

17 Gather up your belongings to leave the land, you who live under siege.

Jer 19:9

I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh because their enemies will press the siege so hard against them to destroy them.’

Jer 32:24

“See how the siege ramps are built up to take the city. Because of the sword, famine and plague, the city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians who are attacking it. What you said has happened, as you now see.

Jer 33:4

For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the houses in this city and the royal palaces of Judah that have been torn down to be used against the siege ramps and the sword

Jer 39:1

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it.

Jer 52:4

So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. They encamped outside the city and built siege works all around it.

Jer 52:5

The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

Ezek 4:2

Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works against it, build a ramp up to it, set up camps against it and put battering rams around it.

Ezek 4:3

Then take an iron pan, place it as an iron wall between you and the city and turn your face toward it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the people of Israel.

Ezek 4:7

Turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her.

Ezek 4:8

I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.

Ezek 5:2

When the days of your siege come to an end, burn a third of the hair inside the city. Take a third and strike it with the sword all around the city. And scatter a third to the wind. For I will pursue them with drawn sword.

Ezek 17:17

Pharaoh with his mighty army and great horde will be of no help to him in war, when ramps are built and siege works erected to destroy many lives.

Ezek 21:22

Into his right hand will come the lot for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to give the command to slaughter, to sound the battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp and to erect siege works.

Ezek 24:2

“Son of man, record this date, this very date, because the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

Ezek 26:8

He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp up to your walls and raise his shields against you.

Dan 11:15

Then the king of the North will come and build up siege ramps and will capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will be powerless to resist; even their best troops will not have the strength to stand.

Mic 5:1

1 Marshal your troops now, city of troops, for a siege is laid against us. They will strike Israel’s ruler on the cheek with a rod.

Nah 3:14

Draw water for the siege, strengthen your defenses! Work the clay, tread the mortar, repair the brickwork!

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