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Kinds of wall

Walls of houses and palaces

Lamentations 2:7 See also 1 Samuel 18:10-11; Samuel 20:25; Isaiah 38:2; Daniel 5:5

Walls of towns

2 Chronicles 14:7 See also Numbers 35:4; 1 Samuel 31:10; 2 Samuel 18:24

Walls of cities

Deuteronomy 3:5; Nehemiah 2:17 See also Joshua 2:15; Joshua 6:5,20; 1 Kings 3:1; 2 Kings 3:27; 2 Chronicles 27:3; Psalm 55:10; Isaiah 58:12; Acts 9:25

Walls of the temple

1 Kings 6:27; Kings 7:12

Walls of vineyards

Matthew 21:33 See also Numbers 22:24-25; Psalm 80:12

The fragility of walls

Walls broken down by enemies

Deuteronomy 28:52; Proverbs 25:28; Jeremiah 50:15 See also 2 Samuel 20:15; 2 Kings 14:13; Kings 25:4 the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians; 2 Chronicles 26:6; 2 C 19; Nehemiah 1:3; Psalm 89:40; Isaiah 5:5; Isaiah 22:5; Lamentations 2:8; Ezekiel 26:4; Amos 4:3

Walls collapsing of their own accord

Isaiah 30:13 See also 1 Kings 20:30; Psalm 62:3; Ezekiel 13:10-16

The figurative use of walls

Denoting protection

Isaiah 25:4 See also 1 Samuel 25:16; Ezra 9:9; Isaiah 26:1; Zechariah 2:5

Denoting separation and impregnability

Ephesians 2:14 See also Proverbs 18:11; Isaiah 59:10; Jeremiah 1:18; Ezekiel 22:30; Acts 23:3

The walls in the new Jerusalem

Revelation 21:12-19

See also

4538  vineyard
5228  battering-rams
5240  building
5256  city
5315  fortifications
5316  fortress
5323  gate
5480  protection
5529  sieges
5586  town
5611  watchman
7239  Jerusalem