Isaiah 29:3-5

New American Standard Bible 1995

³I will ^(A)camp against you ^[a]encircling you,
And I will set siegeworks against you,
And I will raise up battle towers against you.
⁴Then you will ^(B)be brought low;
From the earth you will speak,
And from the dust where you are prostrate
Your words will come.
Your voice will also be like that of a ^[b]spirit from the ground,
And your speech will whisper from the dust.

⁵But the multitude of your ^[c]enemies will become like fine ^(C)dust,
And the multitude of the ^(D)ruthless ones like the chaff which ^[d]blows away;
And it will happen ^(E)instantly, suddenly.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 29:3 Lit like a circle
Isaiah 29:4 Or ghost
Isaiah 29:5 Lit strangers
Isaiah 29:5 Lit passes away

Isaiah 29:3-5

New International Version

³I will encamp against you on all sides;
    I will encircle^(A) you with towers
    and set up my siege works^(B) against you.
⁴Brought low, you will speak from the ground;
    your speech will mumble^(C) out of the dust.^(D)
Your voice will come ghostlike^(E) from the earth;
    out of the dust your speech will whisper.^(F)