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

He shall set engines of war against thy walls - literally, 'an apparatus for striking.' 'He shall apply the stroke of the battering-ram against thy walls.' Havernick translates, 'His enginery of destruction;' literally, the 'destruction (not merely the stroke) of his enginery.'

With his axes - literally, swords.

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