2 Esdras 15:4-5, 2 Esdras 15:48-49, Jeremiah 19:6-9, siege(Strong's Hebrew#4692) matazawar- siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment, siege works, siege- the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible; Jeremiah 19:15, 2 Esdras 13:1-11