Isa 29:3 | JFB | STEP | 3. I — Jehovah, acting through the Assyrian, &c., His instruments ( ). mount —an artificial mound formed to out-top high walls ( ); else a station, namely, of warriors, for the siege. round about —not fully realized under Sennacherib, but in the Roman siege ( ). forts

Isaiah 29:3

3. 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 (Lu 19:43; 21:20).

forts—siege-towers (De 20:20).