Jer 33:4, Eze 21:22 | ESV | STEP | For thus says the Lord , the God of Israel , concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that were torn down to make a defense against the siege mounds and against the sword :

Jeremiah 33:4

4 For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that were torn down to make a defense against ^athe siege mounds and against the sword:

Ezekiel 21:22

22 Into his right hand comes the divination for Jerusalem, ^bto set battering rams, to open the mouth with murder, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, ^cto cast up mounds, to build siege towers.