God is in its fortresses; he reveals himself as its defender.

May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity inside your fortresses!

So come on, let’s go ahead and attack it by night and destroy all its fortified buildings.’

So I will set Gaza’s city wall on fire; fire will consume her fortresses.

So I will set fire to Tyre’s city wall; fire will consume her fortresses.”

So I will set Teman on fire; fire will consume Bozrah’s fortresses.”

So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem’s fortresses.”

A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a fortified citadel.

“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will burn up the palaces of Ben Hadad.”

So I will set Hazael’s house on fire; fire will consume Ben Hadad’s fortresses.

Consider its defenses! Walk through its fortresses, so you can tell the next generation about it!

Her fortresses will be overgrown with thorns; thickets and weeds will grow in her fortified cities. Jackals will settle there; ostriches will live there.

‘Death has climbed in through our windows. It has entered into our fortified houses. It has taken away our children who play in the streets. It has taken away our young men who gather in the city squares.’

So I will set fire to Rabbah’s city wall; fire will consume her fortresses. War cries will be heard on the day of battle; a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm.

So I will set Moab on fire, and it will consume Kerioth’s fortresses. Moab will perish in the heat of battle amid war cries and the blaring of the ram’s horn.

“They do not know how to do what is right.” (The Lord is speaking.) “They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses.

Make this announcement in the fortresses of Ashdod and in the fortresses in the land of Egypt. Say this: “Gather on the hills around Samaria! Observe the many acts of violence taking place within the city, the oppressive deeds occurring in it.”

When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the fortified area of the royal palace. He set the palace on fire and died in the flames.

They burned down the Lord’s temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items.

Look at the land of the Chaldeans, these people who have lost their identity! The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals. They erected their siege towers, demolished its fortresses, and turned it into a heap of ruins.