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Lexicon :: Strong's H2346 - ḥômâ

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חוֹמָה
Transliteration
ḥômâ
Pronunciation
kho-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Act. participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 674c

Strong’s Definitions

חוֹמָה chôwmâh, kho-maw'; feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection:—wall, walled.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 133x

The KJV translates Strong's H2346 in the following manner: wall (131x), walled (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 133x
The KJV translates Strong's H2346 in the following manner: wall (131x), walled (2x).

  1. wall

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חוֹמָה chôwmâh, kho-maw'; feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection:—wall, walled.
STRONGS H2346: Abbreviations
חוֺמָה 133 noun feminine wall (as protection; construct חמת MI21; 21) — absolute ח׳ Leviticus 25:29 + 59 times (including לְהַחוֺמָה Nehemiah 12:38); חֹמָה Exodus 14:29 + 8 times; construct חוֺמַת Joshua 6:5 + 28 times; suffix חוֺמָתָהּ Nahum 2:6; Nahum 3:8; plural, absolute חוֺמוֺת 2 Chronicles 8:5; Isaiah 26:1; חֹמוֺת Songs 5:7; construct חוֺמוֺת Psalm 51:20; חוֺמֹת 2 Kings 25:10 + 9 times; suffix חוֺמֹתַי Isaiah 56:5; חֹמֹתֶיךָ Deuteronomy 28:52; Isaiah 25:12; חוֺמוֺתַיִךְ Ezekiel 26:10, 12; Ezekiel 27:11 (twice in verse); חוֺמֹתַיִךְ Isaiah 49:16 + 2 times; חֹמֹתַיִךְ Isaiah 60:10; חֹמוֺתָ֑יִךְ Ezekiel 26:9; חוֺמוֺתֶיהָ Jeremiah 50:15; חוֺמֹתֶיהָ Psalm 55:11; Jeremiah 1:15; dual חוֺמֹתַיִם Isaiah 22:11; חֹמֹתַיִם 2 Kings 25:4 = Jeremiah 52:7; חֹמֹתָ֑יִם Jeremiah 39:4 (on form see Ol§ 113 a); —
1. usually term for wall of city Deuteronomy 28:52; Joshua 2:15; Joshua 6:5, 20 (all J E), 1 Samuel 31:10, 12; 2 Samuel 11:20, 21 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 18:26, 27 = Isaiah 36:11; Isaiah 36:12; Amos 1:7; Amos 1:10; Amos 1:14; Isaiah 2:15; Isaiah 20:10; Isaiah 20:11; Isaiah 25:12; Nahum 2:6; Nahum 3:8; Ezekiel 26:9 +, Jeremiah 1:15 +, Joel 2:7, 9; בֵּין הַחֹמֹתַיִם (of Jerusalem) i.e. between the two walls of the Ophel and the southwest hill respectively, of a reservoir Isaiah 22:11, a gate 2 Kings 25:4 = Jeremiah 34:4 = Jeremiah 52:7; symbol of Israel, Amos 7:7; 2 Chronicles 8:5; 2 Chronicles 14:6; 2 Chronicles 25:23; 26:6 (3 times in verse); Psalm 51:20 [Psalm 51:18]; Nehemiah 1:3 + 31 times in Nehemiah; חוֺמַת אֲנָךְ Amos 7:7 (literally wall of a plummet) is of doubtful meaning: a wall built plumb, or by means of a plumb-line ? We thinks unintelligible; עִיר חוֺמָה = walled city, Leviticus 25:29, עִיר אשׁר לֹא ח׳ Leviticus 25:30 (לֹא = לוֺ), opposed to הַחֲצֵרִים אשׁר אין להם ח׳ Leviticus 25:31 (all H); more elaborately גְבֹהָה דְּלָתַיִם וּבְרִ֑יחַ עָרִים בְּצֻרֹת ח׳ Deuteronomy 3:5, compare 2 Chronicles 8:5; גְּדֹלוֺת חוֺמָה וּבְרִיחַ נְחשֶׁת ע׳ 1 Kings 4:13; בְצוּרָה ח׳ Isaiah 2:15; ח singular׳ of wall of Jerusalem 1 Kings 3:1 + often; contempt. חוֺמַת אַבְנֵיהֶם Nehemiah 3:35; less often plural Nehemiah 2:13 +; of specific portions of wall הָעֹפֶל ח׳ 2 Chronicles 27:3; Nehemiah 3:27; בְּרֵבַת הַשֶּׁלַח ח׳ Nehemiah 3:15; הַח׳ הָֽרְחָבָה Nehemiah 3:8; Nehemiah 12:38; also (generally) of Babylon Jeremiah 51:58. — Men build, בנה, the ח׳ 1 Kings 9:15 +, especially (of rebuilding), Nehemiah 2:17 +; fortify it בִּצֵּר Isaiah 22:10; it is joined together קשׁר Nehemiah 3:38; is repaired עָֽלְתָה אֲרוּכָה לְח׳ Nehemiah 4:1; it falls נפל Joshua 6:5, 20; 1 Kings 20:30; Ezekiel 38:20; the enemy makes it fall הִפִּיל 2 Samuel 20:15 (preceded by מַשְׁחִית si vera lectio, see Dr); destroys it הִשְׁחִית Lamentations 2:8; שִׁהֵת Ezekiel 26:4; makes a breach in it בּ׳ פָּרַץ2 Kings 14:13 2 Chronicles 25:23, compare פרץ with accusative 2 Chronicles 26:6; Nehemiah 3:35 [Nehemiah 4:3], and וֶיִּבֶן אֶתכֿלהֿח׳ הַפְּרוּצָה 2 Chronicles 32:5; also (in simile) עִיר מְּרוּצָה ואין ח׳ Proverbs 25:28; and Punic participle מְפֹרָ֑צֶת Nehemiah 1:3; one breakes it down נָתַץ 2 Kings 25:10; 2 Chronicles 36:19; Jeremiah 39:8; Jeremiah 52:14; tears it down הָרַס Ezekiel 26:12, compare passive Jeremiah 50:15; Amos predicts that י׳ will send fire into wall (of Gaza, etc.): וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי אֵשׁ בְּח׳ Amos 1:7, 10; or kindle fire in וְהִצַּתִּי אֵשׁ בְּח׳ Amos 1:14, so Jeremiah 49:27.
2. wall of a building:
a. citadel, fortress; ארמנותיה ח׳ Lamentations 2:7.
b. surrounding new temple Ezekiel 40:5; Ezekiel 42:20.
3. figurative of waters of Red Sea Exodus 14:22, 29 (P), compare Nahum 3:8; of David's men as protectors of Nabal's shepherds 1 Samuel 25:16; of prophet as object of assault חוֺמַת נְחשֶׁת Jeremiah 1:18; נחשׁת בְּצוּרָה ח׳ Jeremiah 15:20; of strong, virtuous woman Songs 8:9, 10; of salvation, יְשׁוּעָה, as defence Isaiah 26:1 (|| חֵל); of י׳ himself ח׳ אֵשׁ Zechariah 2:9; a dangerous political scheme is called breach in נִשְׁגָּבָה ח׳ Isaiah 30:13; נִשְׂגָּבָה ח׳ in simile of wealth Proverbs 18:11 (|| קִרְיַת עֻזּוֺ); a reckless man is ח׳ אֵין פְּרוּצָה עִיר Proverbs 25:28.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

14:22; 14:29; 14:29

Leviticus

25:29; 25:29; 25:30; 25:31

Deuteronomy

3:5; 28:52; 28:52

Joshua

2:15; 6:5; 6:5; 6:5; 6:20; 6:20

1 Samuel

25:16; 31:10; 31:12

2 Samuel

11:20; 11:21; 20:15

1 Kings

3:1; 4:13; 9:15; 20:30

2 Kings

14:13; 18:26; 18:27; 25:4; 25:4; 25:10; 25:10

2 Chronicles

8:5; 8:5; 8:5; 14:6; 25:23; 25:23; 26:6; 26:6; 27:3; 32:5; 36:19

Nehemiah

1:3; 1:3; 2:13; 2:17; 3:8; 3:15; 3:27; 4:1; 4:3; 12:38; 12:38

Psalms

51:18; 55:11

Proverbs

18:11; 25:28; 25:28

Song of Songs

5:7; 8:9; 8:10

Isaiah

2:15; 2:15; 22:10; 22:11; 22:11; 25:12; 25:12; 26:1; 26:1; 30:13; 36:11; 36:12; 49:16; 56:5; 60:10

Jeremiah

1:15; 1:15; 1:18; 15:20; 34:4; 39:4; 39:8; 49:27; 50:15; 50:15; 51:58; 52:7; 52:7; 52:14

Lamentations

2:7; 2:8

Ezekiel

26:4; 26:9; 26:9; 26:10; 26:12; 26:12; 27:11; 38:20; 40:5; 42:20

Joel

2:7; 2:9

Amos

1:7; 1:7; 1:10; 1:10; 1:14; 1:14; 7:7; 7:7

Nahum

2:6; 2:6; 3:8; 3:8; 3:8

Zechariah

2:9

H2346

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Strong's Number H2346 matches the Hebrew חוֹמָה (ḥômâ),
which occurs 133 times in 123 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Neh 4:3–Jer 51:58)

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 - Now Tobiah the Ammonite was near him and he said, “Even what they are building—if a fox should [fn]jump on it, he would break their stone wall H2346 down!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:6 - So we built the wall H2346 and the whole wall H2346 was joined together to half its height, for the people had a [fn]mind to work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - [fn]Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the [fn]repair of the walls H2346 of Jerusalem went on, and that the breaches began to be closed, they were very angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:10 - Thus [fn]in Judah it was said,
“The strength of the burden bearers is failing,
Yet there is much [fn]rubbish;
And we ourselves are unable
To rebuild the wall.” H2346

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:13 - then I stationed men in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, H2346 the [fn]exposed places, and I stationed the people in families with their swords, spears and bows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:15 - When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had frustrated their plan, then all of us returned to the wall, H2346 each one to his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:17 - Those who were rebuilding the wall H2346 and those who carried burdens took their load with one hand doing the work and the other holding a weapon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:19 - I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “The work is great and extensive, and we are separated on the wall H2346 far from one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:16 - I also [fn]applied myself to the work on this wall; H2346 we did not buy any land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, to Geshem the Arab and to the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, H2346 and that no breach remained in it, although at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:6 - In it was written, “It is reported among the nations, and [fn]Gashmu says, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel; therefore you are rebuilding the wall. H2346 And you are to be their king, according to these reports.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:15 - So the wall H2346 was completed on the twenty-fifth of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:1 - Now when the wall H2346 was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - Now at the dedication of the wall H2346 of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem so that they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, with hymns of thanksgiving and with songs to the accompaniment of cymbals, harps and lyres.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:30 - The priests and the Levites purified themselves; they also purified the people, the gates and the wall. H2346

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:31 - Then I had the leaders of Judah come up on top of the wall, H2346 and I appointed two great [fn]choirs, [fn]the first proceeding to the right on top of the wall H2346 toward the Refuse Gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:37 - At the Fountain Gate they went directly up the steps of the city of David by the stairway of the wall H2346 above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38 - The second [fn]choir proceeded to the [fn]left, while I followed them with half of the people on the wall, H2346 above the Tower of Furnaces, to the Broad Wall, H2346

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:21 - Then I [fn]warned them and said to them, “Why do you spend the night in front of the wall? H2346 If you do so again, I will [fn]use force against you.” From that time on they did not come on the sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:18 - By Your favor do good to Zion;
[fn]Build the walls H2346 of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day and night they go around her upon her walls, H2346
And iniquity and mischief are in her midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:11 - A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall H2346 in his own imagination.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:28 - Like a city that is broken into and without walls H2346
Is a man who has no control over his spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:7 - “The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
They struck me and wounded me;
The guardsmen of the walls H2346 took away my shawl from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:9 - “If she is a wall, H2346
We will build on her a battlement of silver;
But if she is a door,
We will barricade her with planks of cedar.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:10 - “[fn]I was a wall, H2346 and my breasts were like towers;
Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:15 - Against every high tower,
Against every fortified wall, H2346

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:10 - Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem
And tore down houses to fortify the wall. H2346

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:11 - And you made a reservoir between the two H2346 walls H2346
For the waters of the old pool.
But you did not [fn]depend on Him who made it,
Nor did you [fn]take into consideration Him who planned it long ago.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 - The unassailable fortifications of your walls H2346 He will bring down,
Lay low and cast to the ground, even to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:1 - In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a strong city;
He sets up walls H2346 and ramparts for [fn]security.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:13 - Therefore this iniquity will be to you
Like a breach about to fall,
A bulge in a high wall, H2346
Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:11 - Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, “Speak now to your servants in Aramaic, for we [fn]understand it; and do not speak with us in [fn]Judean in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.” H2346

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:12 - But Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, H2346 doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:16 - “Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your walls H2346 are continually before Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:5 - To them I will give in My house and within My walls H2346 a memorial,
And a name better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give [fn]them an everlasting name which will not be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:10 - “Foreigners will build up your walls, H2346
And their kings will minister to you;
For in My wrath I struck you,
And in My favor I have had compassion on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:18 - “Violence will not be heard again in your land,
Nor devastation or destruction within your borders;
But you will call your walls H2346 salvation, and your gates praise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:6 - On your walls, H2346 O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;
All day and all night they will never keep silent.
You who remind the LORD, take no rest for yourselves;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - “For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD; “and they will come and they will set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls H2346 round about and against all the cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:18 - “Now behold, I have made you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls H2346 of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its princes, to its priests and to the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:20 - “Then I will make you to this people
A fortified wall H2346 of bronze;
And though they fight against you,
They will not prevail over you;
For I am with you to save you
And deliver you,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - ‘Thus says the LORD God of Israel, “Behold, I am about to turn back the weapons of war which are in your hands, with which you are warring against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall; H2346 and I will gather them into the center of this city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:4 - When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, they fled and went out of the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the gate between the two walls; H2346 and he went out toward the [fn]Arabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:8 - The Chaldeans also burned with fire the king’s palace and the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls H2346 of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:27 - “I will set fire to the wall H2346 of Damascus,
And it will devour the [fn]fortified towers of Ben-hadad.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 - “Raise your battle cry against her on every side!
She has given [fn]herself up, her pillars have fallen,
Her walls H2346 have been torn down.
For this is the vengeance of the LORD:
Take vengeance on her;
As she has done to others, so do to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:12 - Lift up a [fn]signal against the walls H2346 of Babylon;
Post a strong guard,
Station [fn]sentries,
Place men in ambush!
For the LORD has both purposed and performed
What He spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:44 - “I will punish Bel in Babylon,
And I will make what he has swallowed come out of his mouth;
And the nations will no longer stream to him.
Even the wall H2346 of Babylon has fallen down!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 - Thus says the LORD of hosts,
“The broad wall H2346 of Babylon will be completely razed
And her high gates will be set on fire;
So the peoples will toil for nothing,
And the nations become exhausted only for fire.”

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