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Ezekiel 26:9

And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

KJV

et vineas et arietes temperabit in muros tuos, et turres tuas destruet in armatura sua.

Vulgate

τὰ τείχη σου καὶ τοὺς πύργους σου καταβαλεῖ ἐν ταῖς μαχαίραις αὐτοῦ.

LXX

And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

ASV

וּ/מְחִ֣י קָֽבָלּ֔/וֹ יִתֵּ֖ן בְּ/חֹֽמוֹתָ֑יִ/ךְ וּ/מִ֨גְדְּלֹתַ֔יִ/ךְ יִתֹּ֖ץ בְּ/חַרְבוֹתָֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הוּ
hv
verb · 42×
וֹ
v
pronoun · 1×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
חוֹמָ֔ה
chvmh
noun · 128×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מְחִ֣י
mchy
noun · 1×
מִגְדַּל
mgdl
noun · 49×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 21:22 — At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a
  • Ezek 26:4 — And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.