Isaiah 29:5

Isaiah 29:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
• New International Version (NIV)But your many enemies will become like fine dust, the ruthless hordes like blown chaff. Suddenly, in an instant,
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the multitude of your foreign foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff. And in an instant, suddenly,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Moreover the multitude of your foes Shall be like fine dust, And the multitude of the terrible ones Like chaff that passes away; Yes, it shall be in an instant, suddenly.

Context of Isaiah 29:5

3I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you. 4You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust. But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant, 6you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire. 7All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,

Isaiah 29:5 word by word

וְהָיָ֛ה כְּאָבָ֥ק דַּ֖ק הֲמ֣וֹן זָרָ֑יִךְ וּכְמֹ֤ץ עֹבֵר֙ הֲמ֣וֹן עָֽרִיצִ֔ים וְהָיָ֖ה לְפֶ֥תַע פִּתְאֹֽם׃Read the interlinear

• But your manyהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• foesזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• will beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• like fineדַּקdaq · thinH1851
• dustאָבָק'âbâq · dustH80
• of the ruthlessעָרִיץ‛ârîyts · ruthlessH6184
• like blowingעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• chaffמוֹץmôts môts · chaffH4671
• Then suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpith'ôm pith'ôm · suddenlyH6597
• in an instantפֶּתַעpetha‛ · suddennessH6621

Cross-references for Isaiah 29:5

• Isaiah 10:16Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.
• Isaiah 25:5like heat in a dry land. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the ruthless is silenced.
• Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
• Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
• Isaiah 17:13The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
• Job 21:18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
• Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
• Psalms 35:5May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
• Isaiah 30:13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
• Psalms 46:5God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
• Psalms 76:5The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Commentaries on Isaiah 29:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The multitude of thy strangers "The multitude of the proud" - For זריך zarayich, thy strangers, read זדים zedim, the proud, according to the Septuagint; parallel to and synonymous with עריצים aritsim, the terrible, in the next line: the ר resh was at first ד daleth in a MS. See note on Isaiah 25:2. The fifth, sixth, and seventh verses contain an admirable description of the destruction of Sennacherib's army, with a beautiful variety of the most expressive…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Moreover - These verses Isaiah 29:5, Isaiah 29:7-8 contain a beautiful description of the destruction of the army of Sennacherib. Though they had laid the plan of a regular siege; though the city, in itself, would not be able to hold out against them, and all was alarm and conscious imbecility within; yet in an instant the siege would be raised, and the advancing hosts of the Assyrians would all be gone. The multitude of thy strangers - The multitude of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8During the Assyrian siege, the Lord would fight for Jerusalem. He would eventually make the Assyrians leave the city.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Moreover--rather, "Yet"; yet in this extremity help shall come, and the enemy be scattered. strangers--foreign enemies, invaders (Is 25:2). it shall be--namely, the destruction of the enemy. at an instant--in a moment (Is 30:23).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 29:5

• Isaiah
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Close
• Mouth
• Raise
• Sennacherib
• Chaff
• Dwarf
• Go
• Instant; Instantly
• Isaiah
• Omnipotence

Commentaries on Isaiah 29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings