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Isaiah 29:1
1Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city of David's encampment! Add ye year to year; let the feasts come round.
Isaiah 29:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
- New International Version (NIV)Woe to you, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David settled! Add year to year and let your cycle of festivals go on.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Ah, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts run their round.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! Add year to year; Let feasts come around.
Context of Isaiah 29:1
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city of David's encampment! Add ye year to year; let the feasts come round. 2But I will distress Ariel, and there shall be sorrow and sadness; and it shall be unto me as an Ariel. 3And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with watch-posts, and I will raise forts against thee.
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ה֚וֹי אֲרִיאֵ֣ל אֲרִיאֵ֔ל קִרְיַ֖ת חָנָ֣ה דָוִ֑ד סְפ֥וּ שָׁנָ֛ה עַל־שָׁנָ֖ה חַגִּ֥ים יִנְקֹֽפוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Isaiah 29:1
- Isaiah 31:9and for fear, he shall pass over to his rock, and his princes shall be afraid of the banner, saith Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 43:15And the upper altar was four cubits; and from the hearth of God and upward were four horns.
- 2 Samuel 5:9So David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from the Millo and inward.
- Isaiah 1:11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah. I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats I take no pleasure.
- Jeremiah 7:21Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.
- Hosea 5:6They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find [him]: he hath withdrawn himself from them.
- Hosea 8:13They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; Jehovah hath no delight in them. Now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
- Hosea 9:4They shall pour out no [offerings of] wine to Jehovah, neither shall their sacrifices be pleasing unto him: they shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be defiled: for their bread shall be for themselves; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.
- Amos 4:4Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices in the morning, your tithes every three days,
- Hebrews 10:1For the law, having a shadow of the coming good things, not the image itself of the things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually yearly, perfect those who approach.
- Isaiah 66:3He that slaughtereth an ox, smiteth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, breaketh a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, [it is as] swine's blood; he that presenteth a memorial of incense, [is as] he that blesseth an idol. As they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations,
- Micah 6:6Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?
Commentaries on Isaiah 29:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Ariel - That Jerusalem is here called by this name is very certain: but the reason of this name, and the meaning of it as applied to Jerusalem, is very obscure and doubtful. Some, with the Chaldee, suppose it to be taken from the hearth of the great altar of burnt-offerings which Ezekiel plainly calls by the same name, and that Jerusalem is here considered as the seat of the fire of God, אל אור ur el which should issue from thence to consume his enemies…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Wo - (compare the note at Isaiah 18:1). To Ariel - There can be no doubt that Jerusalem is here intended. The declaration that it was the city where David dwelt, as well as the entire scope of the prophecy, proves this. But still, it is not quiet clear why the city is here called “Ariel.” The margin reads, O Ariel, that is, the lion of God.‘ The word (אריאל 'ărı̂y'ēl ) is compounded of two words, and is usually supposed to be made up of ארי 'ărı̂y “a…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Judgements on Jerusalem and on its enemies. (Is. 29:1-8) The senselessness and hypocrisy of the Jews. (Is. 29:9-16) The conversion of the Gentiles, and future blessings for the Jews. (Is. 29:17-24) Verses 1-8 Ariel may signify the altar of burnt-offerings. Let Jerusalem know that outward religious services will not make men free from judgements. Hypocrites never can please God, nor make their peace with him. God had often and long, by a host of angels…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2Ariel was another name for Mount Zion (Isaiah 29:8). It likely means "altar of God."Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-24This chapter opens the series of prophecies as to the invasion of Judea under Sennacherib, and its deliverance. 1. Ariel--Jerusalem; Ariel means "Lion of God," that is, city rendered by God invincible: the lion is emblem of a mighty hero (2Sa 23:20). Otherwise "Hearth of God," that is, place where the altar-fire continually burns to God (Is 31:9; Eze 43:15, 16). add ... year to year--ironically; suffer one year after another to glide on in the round of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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