Quotes about Siege
So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
— Isaiah 37:33
Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
— 2 Kings 6:24
A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
— Isaiah 21:2
And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.
— Joshua 10:31
Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
— Jeremiah 37:5
Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.
— Daniel 11:15
See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!
— Jeremiah 32:24
Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
— Jeremiah 4:16
He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
— Lamentations 3:5
They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.
— Deuteronomy 28:52
the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
— 2 Kings 6:14
Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.
— Jeremiah 21:9