Isaiah 29:3
1 Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
2 And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.
I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.
4 You 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.
5 But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.
- 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.
- WEB
- I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against you.
- 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.
- DARBY
- And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with watch-posts, and I will raise forts against thee.
- BLB
- And I will encamp in a circle against you, and I will lay siege against you with a siege-work, and I will raise against you the fortifications.
- ÅB
- Jeg vil slå leir rundt omkring deg, og jeg vil kringsette deg med vaktposter og bygge voller mot deg.
- OTB
- Jeg vil slå leir mot deg rundt omkring; jeg vil beleire deg med tårn og reise beleiringsverk mot deg.
- B1930
- Jeg vil slå leir rundt omkring dig, og jeg vil kringsette dig med vaktposter og bygge voller mot dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 19:43–44
For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
Read in contextEzekiel 21:22
In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.
Read in context2 Kings 24:11–12
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
Read in context2 Kings 18:17
Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
Read in contextMatthew 22:7
The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
Read in context2 Kings 25:1–4
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
Read in context2 Kings 19:32
So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
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