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Isaiah 29:3
3I will bring an army to attack you. There will be soldiers all round the city so that nobody can leave. I will build strong towers against the city's walls.
Isaiah 29:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
- New International Version (NIV)I will encamp against you on all sides; I will encircle you with towers and set up my siege works against you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And I will encamp against you all around, and will besiege you with towers and I will raise siegeworks against you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will encamp against you all around, I will lay siege against you with a mound, And I will raise siegeworks against you.
Context of Isaiah 29:3
1It will be very bad for Ariel, the city where David lived. Continue to have your usual feasts every year, but trouble will come! 2I will bring trouble to Ariel. The people there will be very sad and they will weep. Ariel will become like my altar for burnt offerings. I will bring an army to attack you. There will be soldiers all round the city so that nobody can leave. I will build strong towers against the city's walls. 4Then you will fall down to the ground. While you lie there, you will speak. Your words will come quietly from deep down in the dirt. It will seem like the voice of a dead person's spirit. You will sound like a magician who is speaking magic words. 5Your enemies will be like an army of dust. The wind will blow away that crowd of cruel men as if they are chaff. That will all happen very suddenly!
Read all of Isaiah 29Isaiah 29:3 word by word
וְחָנִ֥יתִי כַדּ֖וּר עָלָ֑יִךְ וְצַרְתִּ֤י עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ מֻצָּ֔ב וַהֲקִֽימֹתִ֥י עָלַ֖יִךְ מְצֻרֹֽת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 29:3
- 2 Kings 18:17King Sennacherib of Assyria sent his three most important officers from Lachish to Jerusalem, to speak to King Hezekiah. The three officers took a large army with them. They arrived in Jerusalem. They went and stood at the stream of water that came from the higher pool. It was on the road to the field where people washed clothes.
- 2 Kings 19:32This is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: “His army will not come into this city. His soldiers will not shoot any arrows here. They will not attack the city as they hold their shields. They will not build heaps of earth against the city's walls.
- 2 Kings 24:11Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up to Jerusalem himself while his officers were there.
- 2 Kings 25:1Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, marched with all his army to attack Jerusalem. He arrived on the 10th day of the 10th month, in the 9th year when Zedekiah had ruled Judah. His soldiers made their camp all around the city. They built heaps of earth all around Jerusalem's walls.
- Ezekiel 21:22The arrow in his right hand shows him that he should go to Jerusalem. He will command his army to go and kill the people there. His soldiers will use heavy pieces of wood to knock down the walls and gates of the city. They will shout as they attack the city. They will build heaps of earth against the city's walls.
- Matthew 22:7The king was very angry. He sent his soldiers to the city where those people lived. They killed the people who killed the king's servants. They destroyed their city with fire.
- Luke 19:43As a result, days of trouble will come to you. Your enemies will build a wall round you. They will shut you in completely, and they will not let you leave.
Commentaries on Isaiah 29:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3And I will camp against thee round about "And I will encamp against thee like David" - For כדור caddur, some kind of military engine, כדוד kedavid, like David, is the reading of the Septuagint, two MSS. of Kennicott's, if not two more: but though Bishop Lowth adopts this reading, I think it harsh and unnecessary. Forts "Towers" - For מצרת metsuroth, read מצדות metsudoth : so the Septuagint and five MSS. of Dr. Kennicott's, one of them ancient, and four of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And I will camp against thee - That is, I will cause an army to pitch their tents there for a siege. God regards the armies which he would employ as under his control, and speaks of them as if he would do it himself (see the note at Isaiah 10:5). Round about - (כדוּר kadûr ). As in a circle; that is, he would encompass or encircle the city. The word used here דור dûr in Isaiah 22:18, means a ball, but here it evidently means a circle; and the sense is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The Lord himself would come against Jerusalem, surrounding and attacking it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. I--Jehovah, acting through the Assyrian, &c., His instruments (Is 10:5). mount--an artificial mound formed to out-top high walls (Is 37:33); else a station, namely, of warriors, for the siege. round about--not fully realized under Sennacherib, but in the Roman siege (Lu 19:43; 21:20). forts--siege-towers (De 20:20).Read the comment
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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
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