Ezequiel 26:9

9 dirigirá os golpes dos seus arietes contra os teus muros, e derrubará as tuas torres com os seus machados.

Ezequiel 26:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 26:9

And he shall set engines of war against thy walls
Which some Jewish writers understand of crossbows, out of which stones or arrows were cast; but rather, according to Kimchi and Jarchi, they were warlike machines, invented to throw large stones against the walls of a place, to beat them down. Some think they were the same with the battering rams, used in sieges for the demolishing of walls; which was a late invention of those times, Ezekiel being the first writer, it is said, that makes mention of them: and with his axes he shall break down thy towers;
the word here used signifies anything made of iron, as swords, spears, hammers, and axes; the latter, being more proper to demolish towers, is here pitched on by our translators. The Targum renders it, "with stones of iron"; that is, with iron balls cast out of their engines.

Ezequiel 26:9 In-Context

7 Porque assim diz o Senhor Deus: Eis que eu trarei contra Tiro a Nabucodonozor, rei de Babilônia, desde o norte, o rei dos reis, com cavalos, e com carros, e com cavaleiros, sim, companhias e muito povo.

8 As tuas filhas ele matará � espada no campo; e construirá fortes contra ti, levantará contra ti uma tranqueira, e alçará paveses contra ti;

9 dirigirá os golpes dos seus arietes contra os teus muros, e derrubará as tuas torres com os seus machados.

10 Por causa da multidão de seus cavalos te cobrirá o seu pó; os teus muros tremerão com o estrondo dos cavaleiros, e das carroças, e dos carros, quando ele entrar pelas tuas portas, como quem entra numa cidade em que se fez brecha.

11 Com as patas dos seus cavalos pisará todas as tuas ruas; ao teu povo matará � espada, e as tuas fortes colunas cairão por terra.