Isaiah 29:3
Douay-Rheims
And I will make a circle round about thee, and will cast up a rampart against thee, and raise up bulwarks to besiege thee.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
I--Jehovah, acting through the Assyrian, &c., His instruments (Isa 10:5). mount--an artificial mound formed to out-top high walls (Isa 37:33); else a station, namely, of warriors, for the siege. round about--not fully realized under Sennacherib, but in the Roman siege (Luk 19:43; Luk 21:20). forts--siege-towers (Deu 20:20).
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1871 · Isaiah 29:3
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