Isaiah 29:3 KJV — MannaFest

Isaiah 29:3

And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

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ASV

And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with posted troops, and I will raise siege works against thee.

WEB

I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.

YLT

And I encamped, O babbler, against thee, And I laid siege against thee--a camp. And I raised up against thee bulwarks.

DBT

And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with watch-posts, and I will raise forts against thee.

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Luke 19:43–44
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
Ezekiel 21:22
At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
2 Kings 25:1
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
2 Kings 19:32
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
2 Kings 24:11–12
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.

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) encamp against thee round about. It was the enemy's army that encamped against it; but God says that he will do it, for they are his hand, he does it by them. God had often and long, by a host of angels, encamped for them round about them for their protection and deliverance; but now he was turned to be their enemy and fought against them.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

I--Jehovah, acting through the Assyrian, &c., His instruments (Isa 10:5). mount--an artificial mound formed to out-top high walls (Isa 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;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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