Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'siege' occurs 23 times in the standard works.

9 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'siege' in the standard works and contain 39.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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3 Ne. 4:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 32:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)


Ezek. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.

 4:3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.




Ezek. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 17 34 51
Deut. 4 4 8
1 Sam. 0 1 1
2 Sam. 0 2 2
1 Kgs. 1 3 4
2 Kgs. 0 9 9
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 2 1 3
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 1 3 4
Jer. 1 6 7
Ezek. 5 2 7
Dan. 0 1 1
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 6 0 6
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 23 34 57

Ezek. 4:2
And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.

Ezek. 4:3
Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

Ezek. 4:7
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

Ezek. 4:8
And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

Ezek. 5:2
Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

Ezek. 6:12
He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.