Isaiah 29:1

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

How horrible it will be for you Ariel, Ariel, the city where David camped. Let year after year go by. Let your annual festivals go on. 2I will torment Ariel, and the city will be filled with people grieving and mourning. The city will become like Ariel. 3I will set up war camps all around you. I will blockade you with towers. I will put up mounds of dirt around you.

Isaiah 29:1 word by word

ה֚וֹי אֲרִיאֵ֣ל אֲרִיאֵ֔ל קִרְיַ֖ת חָנָ֣ה דָוִ֑ד סְפ֥וּ שָׁנָ֛ה עַל־שָׁנָ֖ה חַגִּ֥ים יִנְקֹֽפוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Woeהוֹיhôy · woe!H1945
• to Arielאֲרִיאֵל'ărîy'êl · ArielH740
• the cityקִרְיָהqiryâh · townH7151
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• dweltחָנָהchânâh · to campH2583
• addסָפָהsâphâh · to snatchH5595
• ye yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• let them killנָקַףnâqaph · to surroundH5362
• sacrificesחַגchag châg · feastH2282

Cross-references for Isaiah 29:1

• Isaiah 31:9In terror they will run to their stronghold, and their officers will be frightened at ⌞the sight of⌟ the battle flag. The Lord declares this. His fire is in Zion and his furnace is in Jerusalem.
• Ezekiel 43:15The place where the sacrifices were burned was 7 feet high. There were four horns above it.
• 2 Samuel 5:9David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built the city ⌞of Jerusalem⌟ around it from the Millo to the palace.
• Isaiah 1:11The Lord asks, “What do your many animal sacrifices mean to me? I’ve had enough of your burnt offerings of rams and enough fat from your fattened calves. I’m not pleased with the blood of bulls, lambs, or male goats.
• Jeremiah 7:21“This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the meat.
• Hosea 5:6They go with their sheep and their cattle to search for the Lord, but they can’t find him. He has left them.
• Hosea 8:13They offer sacrifices to me and eat the meat of sacrifices, but I, the Lord, do not accept these sacrifices. Now I will remember their wickedness and punish them because of their sins. They will go back to Egypt.
• Hosea 9:4They won’t pour wine offerings to the Lord, and their sacrifices won’t please him. Their sacrifices will be like the food that mourners eat. All who eat this food will be unclean. Their food will only satisfy their hunger. It will not be brought ⌞as an offering⌟ to the Lord’s temple.
• Amos 4:4Go to Bethel and sin. Go to Gilgal and sin even more. Bring your sacrifices every morning. Bring a tenth of your income every three days.
• Hebrews 10:1Moses’ Teachings with their yearly cycle of sacrifices are only a shadow of the good things in the future. They aren’t an exact likeness of those things. They can never make those who worship perfect.
• Isaiah 66:3Whoever kills a bull is like someone who kills a person. Whoever sacrifices a lamb is like someone who breaks a dog’s neck. Whoever offers a grain sacrifice is like someone who ⌞offers⌟ pig’s blood. Whoever burns incense is like someone who worships an idol. People have certainly chosen their own ways, and their souls delight in detestable things.
• Micah 6:6What should I bring when I come into the Lord’s presence, when I bow in front of the God of heaven? Should I bring him year-old calves as burnt offerings?

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

Topics related to Isaiah 29:1

• Ariel
• David
• Isaiah
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jerusalem
• Lion

In the dictionaries

• David
• Ariel
• Close
• Mouth
• Raise
• Sennacherib
• Ah; Aha
• Deuteronomy
• Hearth
• Isaiah

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