Isaiah 29:2

Isaiah 29:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
• New International Version (NIV)Yet I will besiege Ariel; she will mourn and lament, she will be to me like an altar hearth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be moaning and lamentation, and she shall be to me like an Ariel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yet I will distress Ariel; There shall be heaviness and sorrow, And it shall be to Me as Ariel.

Context of Isaiah 29:2

1Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round: then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lamentation: and she shall be unto me as Ariel. 3And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a fort, and I will raise siege works 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.

Isaiah 29:2 word by word

וַהֲצִיק֖וֹתִי לַֽאֲרִיאֵ֑ל וְהָיְתָ֤ה תַֽאֲנִיָּה֙ וַֽאֲנִיָּ֔ה וְהָ֥יְתָה לִּ֖י כַּאֲרִיאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• distressצוּקtsûq · to pressH6693
• Arielאֲרִיאֵל'ărîy'êl · ArielH740
• mourningאֲנִיָּה'ănîyâh · lamentationH592
• meהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961

Cross-references for Isaiah 29:2

• Isaiah 5:25Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them, and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
• Isaiah 10:5Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!
• Isaiah 17:14At eventide behold terror; and before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
• Isaiah 24:1Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
• Isaiah 33:7Behold, their valiant ones cry without: the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
• Isaiah 36:22Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
• Isaiah 37:3And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
• Jeremiah 32:28Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
• Jeremiah 39:4And it came to pass that when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the Arabah.
• Isaiah 43:15I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
• Isaiah 34:6The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
• Ezekiel 22:31Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
• Ezekiel 24:3And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:
• Ezekiel 39:17And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD: Speak unto the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood.
• Zephaniah 1:7Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath sanctified his guests.
• Revelation 19:17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid heaven, Come and be gathered together unto the great supper of God;

Commentaries on Isaiah 29:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2There shall be heaviness and sorrow "There shall be continual mourning and sorrow" - Instead of your present joy and festivity. And it shall be unto me as Ariel "And it shall be unto me as the hearth of the great altar" - That is, it shall be the seat of the fire of God; which shall issue from thence to consume his enemies. See note on Isaiah 29:1; (note). Or, perhaps, all on flame; as it was when taken by the Chaldeans; or covered with carcasses and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Yet I will distress Ariel - The reference here is doubtless to the siege which God says Isaiah 29:3 he would bring upon the guilty and formal city. And there shall be heaviness and sorrow - This was true of the city in the siege of Sennacherib, to which this probably refers. Though the city was delivered in a sudden and remarkable manner (see the note at Isaiah 29:7-8), yet it was also true that it was reduced to great distress (see Isaiah 29:1 Jerusalem…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. 22. Yet--rather, "Then." heaviness ... sorrow--rather, preserving the Hebrew paronomasia, "groaning" and "moaning." as Ariel--either, "the city shall be as a lion of God," that is, it shall emerge from its dangers unvanquished; or "it shall be as the altar of burnt offering," consuming with fire the besiegers (Is 29:6; Is 30:30; 31:9; Le 10:2); or best, as Is 29:3 continues the threat, and the promise of deliverance does not come till Is 29:4, "it shall be…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 29:2

• Ariel
• Isaiah
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Ariel
• Close
• Mouth
• Raise
• Sennacherib
• Deuteronomy
• Heavy; Heaviness
• Isaiah
• Lion
• Sorrow

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