Catholic Public Domain Version
"And I will surround you like a sphere all around you, and I will raise up a rampart against you, and I will set up fortifications to blockade you. "
— Isaiah 29:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.”
“And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with posted troops, and I will raise siege works against thee. ”
“I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against you.”
“I will lay siege to you on all sides; I will besiege you with troops; I will raise siege works against you.”
“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.”
“And I will make war on you like David, and you will be shut in by earthworks, and I will make towers round you.”
“And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.”
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel the city against which David fought: year has been added to year, the solemnities have unfolded.
And I will surround Ariel with siege works, and it will be in sorrow and mourning, and it will be like Ariel to me.
And I will surround you like a sphere all around you, and I will raise up a rampart against you, and I will set up fortifications to blockade you.
You will be brought low. You will speak from the ground, and your eloquence will be heard from the dirt. And, from the ground, your voice will be like that of the python, and your eloquence will mumble from the dirt.
And the multitude of those who fan you will be like fine dust. And the multitude of those who have prevailed against you will be like embers fading away.
And this will happen suddenly and swiftly. It will be visited from the Lord of hosts with thunder and earthquakes, and with the great noise of a whirlwind and a storm, and with a flame of devouring fire.