Eze 4:2 | JFB | STEP | 2. fort —rather, "watch-tower" ( ) wherein the besiegers could watch the movements of the besieged [GESENIUS ]. A wall of circumvallation [ Septuagint and ROSENMULLER ]. A kind of battering-ram [MAURER ]. The first view is best. a mount —wherewith the Chaldeans could be defended from missiles. battering-rams —literally, "through-borers." In the same Hebrew is translated "captains."

Ezekiel 4:2

2. fort—rather, "watch-tower" (Jer 52:4) wherein the besiegers could watch the movements of the besieged [GESENIUS]. A wall of circumvallation [Septuagint and ROSENMULLER]. A kind of battering-ram [MAURER]. The first view is best.

a mount—wherewith the Chaldeans could be defended from missiles.

battering-rams—literally, "through-borers." In Eze 21:22 the same Hebrew is translated "captains."