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Isaiah Chapter 29 verse 3 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 29:3

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.
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BBE Isaiah 29:3

And I will make war on you like David, and you will be shut in by earthworks, and I will make towers round you.
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DARBY Isaiah 29:3

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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KJV 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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WBT Isaiah 29:3

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WEB Isaiah 29:3

I will encamp against you round about, and will lay siege against you with posted troops, and I will raise siege works against you.
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YLT Isaiah 29:3

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - I will camp against thee round about; i.e. "I will bring armed men against thee who shall encamp around the entire circuit of thy walls." There was small chance of forcing an entrance into Jerusalem on any side except the north; but, order to distress and harass her, an enemy with numerous forces would dispose them all round the walls, thus preventing all ingress or egress (see Luke 19:43). And... lay siege against thee with a mount; or, with a mound. Artificial mounds were raised up against the walls of cities by the Assyrians, as a foundation from which to work their battering rams with greater advantage against the upper and weaker portion of the defenses (see 'Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 2. p. 80). And... raise forts against thee. "Forts" were usually movable, and accompanied the battering-ram for its better protection. Archers in the forts cleared the walls of their defenders, while the ram was employed in making a breach (see Layard, 'Monuments of Nineveh,' Second Series, p. 21).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) I will encamp against thee . . .--The words describe the strategy of an Eastern siege, as we see it in the Assyrian sculptures--the mound raised against the walls of the city, the battering-ram placed upon the mound, and brought to bear upon the walls. (See Jeremiah 33:4; Ezekiel 4:2.)