Verse 3

Isaiah 29:3

New Living Translation

3 I will be your enemy, surrounding Jerusalem and attacking its walls. I will build siege towers and destroy it.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/חָנִ֥יתִי כַ/דּ֖וּר עָלָ֑יִ/ךְ וְ/צַרְתִּ֤י עָלַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ מֻצָּ֔ב וַ/הֲקִֽימֹתִ֥י עָלַ֖יִ/ךְ מְצֻרֹֽת

English Translation

And I will camp around you like a ball and I will besiege you with a siege and I will raise up against you fortifications.

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Chapter 29 Context

1 “What sorrow awaits Ariel, the City of David. Year after year you celebrate your feasts. Focus ↗

2 Yet I will bring disaster upon you, and there will be much weeping and sorrow. For Jerusalem w... Focus ↗

3 I will be your enemy, surrounding Jerusalem and attacking its walls. I will build siege towers...

4 Then deep from the earth you will speak; from low in the dust your words will come. Your voice... Focus ↗

5 “But suddenly, your ruthless enemies will be crushed like the finest of dust. Your many attack... Focus ↗

6 I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will act for you with thunder and earthquake and great noise, ... Focus ↗

7 All the nations fighting against Jerusalem will vanish like a dream! Those who are attacking h... Focus ↗

8 A hungry person dreams of eating but wakes up still hungry. A thirsty person dreams of drinkin... Focus ↗

9 Are you amazed and incredulous? Don’t you believe it? Then go ahead and be blind. You are s... Focus ↗

10 For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has closed the eyes of your prophet... Focus ↗

11 All the future events in this vision are like a sealed book to them. When you give it to those who c... Focus ↗

12 When you give it to those who cannot read, they will say, “We don’t know how to read.” Focus ↗

13 And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but t... Focus ↗

14 Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites with amazing wonders. The wisdom o... Focus ↗

15 What sorrow awaits those who try to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their evil deeds in th... Focus ↗

16 How foolish can you be? He is the Potter, and he is certainly greater than you, the clay! Shou... Focus ↗

17 Soon — and it will not be very long — the forests of Lebanon will become a fertile field, and... Focus ↗

18 In that day the deaf will hear words read from a book, and the blind will see through the gloom a... Focus ↗

19 The humble will be filled with fresh joy from the LORD. The poor will rejoice in the Holy One of... Focus ↗

20 The scoffer will be gone, the arrogant will disappear, and those who plot evil will be killed.... Focus ↗

21 Those who convict the innocent by their false testimony will disappear. A similar fate awaits... Focus ↗

22 That is why the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, says to the people of Israel, “My people will no longer... Focus ↗

23 For when they see their many children and all the blessings I have given them, they will recog... Focus ↗

24 Then the wayward will gain understanding, and complainers will accept instruction. Focus ↗

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