Isaiah 29:3

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And I will encamp in a circle against you, and I will lay siege against you with a siege-work, and I will raise against you the fortifications.

Latin

Et circumdabo quasi sphæram in circuitu tuo, et jaciam contra te aggerem, et munimenta ponam in obsidionem tuam.

Hebrew

English

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

The Lord himself would come against Jerusalem, surrounding and attacking it.

During the Assyrian siege, the Lord would fight for Jerusalem. He would eventually make the Assyrians leave the city.

This is the second of the six woes (Woe …).

Theme notes and profiles

Luke 19:43–44
For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
Ezekiel 21:22
In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.
Matthew 22:7
The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
2 Kings 24:11–12
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
2 Kings 18:17
Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
2 Kings 25:1–4
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
2 Kings 19:32
So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.