Isaiah 10 · Verse 29

Isaiah 10:29

They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
Isaiah 10:29, King James Version

Isaiah 10:29 in other translations

BSBThey have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
WEBThey have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.
ASVthey are gone over the pass; they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah trembleth; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
YLTThey have gone over the passage, Geba they have made a lodging place, Trembled hath Rama, Gibeah of Saul fled.
DARBYThey are gone through the pass; they make their lodging at Geba: Ramah trembleth, Gibeah of Saul is fled.
BBEThey have gone across the mountain; Geba will be our resting-place tonight, they say: Ramah is shaking with fear; Gibeah of Saul has gone in flight.
WebsterThey have gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul hath fled.

What does Isaiah 10:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 10:28-32

28-32. Onward gradual march of Sennacherib's army towards Jerusalem, and the panic of the inhabitants vividly pictured before the eyes. come to--come upon as a sudden invader (Ge 34:27). Aiath--same as Ai (Jos 7:2; Ne 7:32). In the north of Benjamin; so the other towns also; all on the line of march to Jerusalem. Michmash--nine miles northeast of Jerusalem. laid up ... carriages--He has left his heavier baggage (so…

Read the full comment on Isaiah 10:28-32 →

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 They are gone over the passage "They have passed the strait" - The strait here mentioned is that of Michmas, a very narrow passage between two sharp hills or rocks, (see 1Sam 14:4, 1Sam 14:5), where a great army might have been opposed with advantage by a very inferior force. The author of the Book of Judith might perhaps mean this pass, at least among others: "Charging them to keep the passages of the hill country, for by them there was an entrance into Judea; and it was easy to stop them that would come up, because the passage was strait for two men at the most," Judith 4:7. The enemies having passed the strait without opposition, shows that all thoughts of making a stand in the open country were given up, and that their only resource was in the strength of the city. Their lodging - The sense seems necessarily to require that we read למו lamo, to them, instead of לנו lanu, to us. These two words are in other places mistaken one for the other. Thus Isa 44:7, for למו lamo, read לנו lanu, with the Chaldee; and in the same manner Psa 64:6, with the Syriac, and Psa 80:7, on the authority of the Septuagint and Syriac, besides the necessity of the sense.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 10:20-34

By our afflictions we may learn not to make creatures our confidence. Those only can with comfort stay upon God, who return to him in truth, not in pretence and profession only. God will justly bring this wasting away on a provoking people, but will graciously set bounds to it. It is against the mind and will of God, that his people, whatever happens, should give way to fear. God's anger against his people is but…

Read the full comment on Isaiah 10:20-34 →

Isaiah 10:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עָֽבְרוּ֙'a.ve.Ruthey have passed overH5674
מַעְבָּרָ֔הma'.ba.Rah[the] passH4569
גֶּ֖בַעGe.va'GebaH1387
מָל֣וֹןma.Lon[will be] a lodging placeH4411
לָ֑נוּLa.nufor us
חָֽרְדָה֙cha.re.Dahit has trembledH2729
הָֽרָמָ֔הha.ra.Mah<the> RamahH7414
גִּבְעַ֥תgiv.'AtGibeah ofH1390
שָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
נָֽסָה\׃Na.sahit has fledH5127

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 10:29

  • 1 Samuel 13:23

    And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

  • 1 Samuel 7:17

    And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord.

  • Joshua 21:17

    And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

  • Jeremiah 31:15

    Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

  • 1 Samuel 11:4

    Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.

  • 1 Samuel 15:34

    Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

  • 1 Kings 15:23

    The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

  • 1 Samuel 13:2

    Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth–el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

  • 1 Samuel 14:4

    And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

  • Judges 19:12-15

    And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.

  • Hosea 10:9

    O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

  • Joshua 18:24-25

    And Chephar–haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the passage.
1Sa 13:23; 14:4
Geba.
Jos 21:17; 1Ki 15:23
Ramah.
Jos 18:24,25; 1Sa 7:17; 15:34; Jer 31:15; Ho 5:8
Gibeah.
Jud 19:12-15; 1Sa 11:4; 13:2; Ho 9:9; 10:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 10:28

    He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:

  • Isaiah 10:29

    They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

  • Isaiah 10:30

    Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.

Read all of Isaiah 10

Isaiah 10:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pasaron el vado; alojaron en Geba: Ramá tembló; Gabaa de Saúl huyó.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ils ont passé le défilé; ils ont dressé leur camp à Guéba. Rama tremble, Guibha de Saül a pris la fuite.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sie ziehen über den Paß, zu Geba schlagen sie ihr Nachtlager auf. Rama bebt, Gibea Sauls flieht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Transierunt cursim, Gaba sedes nostra; obstupuit Rama, Gabaath Saulis fugit.