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 be your enemy, surrounding Jerusalem and attacking its walls. I will build siege towers and destroy it. 4Then deep from the earth you will speak; from low in the dust your words will come. Your voice will whisper from the ground like a ghost conjured up from the grave. “But suddenly, your ruthless enemies will be crushed like the finest of dust. Your many attackers will be driven away like chaff before the wind. Suddenly, in an instant, 6I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will act for you with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and storm and consuming fire. 7All the nations fighting against Jerusalem will vanish like a dream! Those who are attacking her walls will vanish 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Moreover the multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• of thy strangersזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• shall be like smallדַּקdaq · thinH1851
• dustאָבָק'âbâq · dustH80
• of the terrible onesעָרִיץ‛ârîyts · ruthlessH6184
• as chaffמוֹץmôts môts · chaffH4671
• that passeth awayעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• yea, it shall be at an instantפֶּתַעpetha‛ · suddennessH6621
• suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpith'ôm pith'ôm · suddenlyH6597

Cross-references for Isaiah 29:5

• Isaiah 10:16Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will send a plague among Assyria’s proud troops, and a flaming fire will consume its glory.
• Isaiah 25:5or like the relentless heat of the desert. But you silence the roar of foreign nations. As the shade of a cloud cools relentless heat, so the boastful songs of ruthless people are stilled.
• Isaiah 31:3For these Egyptians are mere humans, not God! Their horses are puny flesh, not mighty spirits! When the Lord raises his fist against them, those who help will stumble, and those being helped will fall. They will all fall down and die together.
• Isaiah 37:36That night the angel of the Lord went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere.
• Isaiah 17:13But though they thunder like breakers on a beach, God will silence them, and they will run away. They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind, like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm.
• Job 21:18Are they driven before the wind like straw? Are they carried away by the storm like chaff? Not at all!
• Psalms 1:4But not the wicked! They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind.
• Psalms 35:5Blow them away like chaff in the wind— a wind sent by the angel of the Lord.
• Isaiah 30:13calamity will come upon you suddenly— like a bulging wall that bursts and falls. In an instant it will collapse and come crashing down.
• Psalms 46:5God dwells in that city; it cannot be destroyed. From the very break of day, God will protect it.
• Psalms 76:5Our boldest enemies have been plundered. They lie before us in the sleep of death. No warrior could lift a hand against us.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no 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

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• 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