Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Then I'll encamp against you like David, and I'll lay siege to you with towers, raise siege works against you,
New American Standard Bible
And I will set siegeworks against you,
And I will raise up battle towers against you.
King James Version
And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
Holman Bible
I will besiege you with earth ramps,
and I will set up my siege towers against you.
A Conservative 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.
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.
Amplified
I will camp against you and encircle you,
And I will hem you in with siege works,
And I will raise fortifications against you.
Bible in Basic English
And I will make war on you like David, and you will be shut in by earthworks, and I will make towers round you.
Darby Translation
And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with watch-posts, and I will raise forts against thee.
Julia Smith Translation
And I encamped as a circle upon thee, and I pressed upon thee with a garrison, and I raised intrenchments against thee.
King James 2000
And I will encamp against you round about, and will lay siege against you with a mound, and I will raise siegeworks against you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will encamp {in a circle} against you, and I will lay siege to you [with] towers and I will raise up siegeworks against you.
Modern King James verseion
And I will camp against you all around, and will lay siege against you with a mount, and I will raise forts against you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For I will lay siege to thee round about, and keep thee in with towers, and grave up dikes against thee.
NET Bible
I will lay siege to you on all sides; I will besiege you with troops; I will raise siege works against you.
New Heart English Bible
I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against you.
The Emphasized Bible
And I will encamp round about against thee, - And lay siege against thee with a fort, And raise against thee siege-works;
Webster
And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
World English Bible
I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against you.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I encamped, O babbler, against thee, And I laid siege against thee -- a camp. And I raised up against thee bulwarks.
Themes
Armies » Employed in » Besieging cities
Siege » Conducted by erecting embankments parallel to the walls of the besieged city
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 29:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Woe To Jerusalem
2 Then I'll besiege Aruel, and there will be sorrow and mourning; she will become to me like an altar fireplace. 3 Then I'll encamp against you like David, and I'll lay siege to you with towers, raise siege works against you, 4 and you will be brought down. You will speak from the ground, and your speech will mumble from the dust. Your voice will come ghostlike from the ground, and your speech will whisper from the dust.
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Cross References
Luke 19:43-44
because the days will come when your enemies will build walls around you, surround you, and close you in on every side.
Ezekiel 21:22
On his right hand he is divining against Jerusalem, preparing to set up battering rams, preparing for the slaughter, getting ready to sound the alarm for battle, setting the battering rams in place at the gates, building siege mounds, and erecting a siege wall.
2 Kings 18:17
Sometime later, the king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rab-saris, and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, accompanied with a large army.
2 Kings 19:32
"Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the king of Assyria: "Not only will he not approach this city or shoot an arrow in its direction, he won't approach it with so much as a shield, nor will he throw up a siege ramp against it.
2 Kings 24:11-12
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up against the city, along with his servants, who besieged it.
2 Kings 25:1-4
Zedekiah then rebelled against the king of Babylon, so on the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his entire army approached Jerusalem, attacked it, encamped against it, and built a siege wall that surrounded the city.
Matthew 22:7
Then the king became outraged. He sent his troops, and they destroyed those murderers and burned their city.