Isaiah 29:3

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

I will encamp all around you, besiege you with towers and mount siege-works against you.

Berean Standard Bible:

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

American Standard Version:

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.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And I will camp{H2583} against thee round about{H1754}, and will lay siege{H6696} against thee with a mount{H4674}, and I will raise{H6965} forts{H4694} against thee.

Cross-References (KJV):

Luke 19:43

  • 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,

Luke 19:44

  • And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

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 25:4

  • And the city was broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which [is] by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees [were] against the city round about:) and [the king] went the way toward the plain.

2 Kings 24:11

  • And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.

2 Kings 24:12

  • And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

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Commentary for Isaiah 29:3

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H2583
    There are 135 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָנָה
    Transliteration: chânâh
    Pronunciation: khaw-naw'
    Description: a primitive root (compare חָנַן); properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege); abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
  2. Strong's Number: H1754
    There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: דּוּר
    Transliteration: dûwr
    Pronunciation: dure
    Description: from דּוּר; a circle, ball or pile; ball, turn, round about.
  3. Strong's Number: H6696
    There are 38 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צוּר
    Transliteration: tsûwr
    Pronunciation: tsoor
    Description: a primitive root; to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile); adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.
  4. Strong's Number: H4674
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מֻצָּב
    Transliteration: mutstsâb
    Pronunciation: moots-tsawb'
    Description: from נָצַב; a station, i.e. military post; mount.
  5. Strong's Number: H6965
    There are 596 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: קוּם
    Transliteration: qûwm
    Pronunciation: koom
    Description: a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative); abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).
  6. Strong's Number: H4694
    There are 8 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מְצוּרָה
    Transliteration: mᵉtsûwrâh
    Pronunciation: mets-oo-raw'
    Description: or מְצֻרָה; feminine of מָצוֹר; a hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of siege), or (subjectively) a rampart (of protection), (abstractly) fortification; fenced (city, fort, munition, strong hold.