Isaiah 29:3 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.

Thou and Ye

  • thee one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Scofield Notes

  • And I will campHere, as often in prophecy, and especially in Isaiah, the near and far horizons blend. The near view is of Sennacherib's invasion and the destruction of the...

Matthew Henry

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Cross References

  • 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 18:17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
  • 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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Topics

  • Armies Fortifications
  • Isaiah Foretells the invasion of Sennacherib, the distress of the Jews, and the destruction of the Assyrian army
  • Israel, prophecies concerning Of war and other judgments
  • Siege Conducted by erecting embankments parallel to the walls of the besieged city

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And I will camp וְחָנִיתִי wĕḥānîtî חָנָה Verb · qal sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and
  • against thee round about כַדּוּר kaddûr דּוּר Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the עָלָיִךְ ʿālāyik Preposition · with suffix: second person feminine singular
  • and will lay siege וְצַרְתִּי wĕṣartî צוּר Verb · qal sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and
  • against thee with a mount עָלַיִךְ ʿālayik Preposition · with suffix: second person feminine singular מֻצָּב muṣṣāb מֻצָּב Noun · masculine singular עָלַיִךְ ʿālayik Preposition · with suffix: second person feminine singular
  • and I will raise וַהֲקִימֹתִי wahăqîmōtî קוּם Verb · hiphil sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and
  • forts מְצֻרֹת mĕṣurōt מְצוּרָה Noun · feminine plural

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