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

3And I will encamp against thee all around, and will lay siege against thee with a mound, and I will raise forts against thee. 4And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, like a medium, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. 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. 6Thou shalt be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. 7And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her strong hold, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.

Isaiah 29:5 word by word

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

• multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• strangersזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• smallדַּקdaq · thinH1851
• dustאָבָק'âbâq · dustH80
• onesעָרִיץ‛ârîyts · ruthlessH6184
• chaffמוֹץmôts môts · chaffH4671
• awayעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• instantפֶּתַעpetha‛ · suddennessH6621
• suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpith'ôm pith'ôm · suddenlyH6597

Cross-references for Isaiah 29:5

• Isaiah 10:16Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
• Isaiah 25:5Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
• Isaiah 31:3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
• Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred and eighty and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
• Isaiah 17:13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
• Job 21:18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
• Psalms 1:4The ungodlyare not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
• Psalms 35:5Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them .
• Isaiah 30:13Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
• Psalms 46:5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
• Psalms 76:5The stout hearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall 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

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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