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Isaiah 29:3
And I will make a circle round about thee, and I will cast up a rampart against thee, and raise up bulwarks to besiege thee.
Isaiah 29:3 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Isaiah 29:3 in other translations
And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.
I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against you.
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In context
1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel the city which David took: year is added to year. the solemnities are at an end.
2 And I will make a trench about Ariel, and it shall be in sorrow and mourning, and it shall be to me as Ariel.
3 And I will make a circle round about thee, and I will cast up a rampart against thee, and raise up bulwarks to besiege thee.
4 Thou shalt be brought down, thou shall speak out of the earth, and thy speech shall be heard out of the ground: and thy voice shall be from the earth like that of the python, and out of the earth thy speech shall mutter.
5 And the multitude of them that fan thee, shall be like small dust: and as ashes passing away, the multitude of them that have prevailed against thee.
6 And it shall be at an instant suddenly. A visitation shall come from the Lord of hosts in thunder, and with earthquake, and with a great noise of whirlwind and tempest; and with the flame of devouring fire.
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