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15 therefore hearts melt,
    and many stumble.
At all their gates I have set
    the point[a] of the sword.
Ah! It is made for flashing;
    it is drawn for slaughter.

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Footnotes

  1. 21.15 Meaning of Heb uncertain

The Siege of Jerusalem Portrayed

“And you, O mortal, take a brick and set it before you. On it portray a city, Jerusalem,(A) and put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a ramp against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.(B) Then take an iron plate and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; set your face toward it, and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is a sign for the house of Israel.(C)

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