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Isaiah 29:5 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 29 · verse 5
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.Isaiah 29:5 · King James Version
Isaiah 29:5 in context
3And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
4And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
5Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
6Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
7And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- multitudehâmôwna noise, tumult, crowdH1995 →
- strangerszûwrto turn asideH2114 →
- instantpethaʻa winkH6621 →
- smalldaqcrushedH1851 →
- chaffmôtschaff (as pressed outH4671 →
- dustʼâbâqlight particlesH80 →
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That it is Jerusalem which is here called Ariel is agreed, for that was the city where David dwelt; that part of it which was called Zion was in a particular manner the city of David, in which both the temple and the palace were.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8