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Selected Verse: Isaiah 29:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 29:2 |
Strong Concordance |
Yet I will distress [06693] Ariel [0740], and there shall be heaviness [08386] and sorrow [0592]: and it shall be unto me as Ariel [0740]. |
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King James |
Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
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 (Isa 29:6; Isa 30:30; Isa 31:9; Lev 10:2); or best, as Isa 29:3 continues the threat, and the promise of deliverance does not come till Isa 29:4, "it shall be like a hearth of burning," that is, a scene of devastation by fire [G. V. SMITH]. The prophecy, probably, contemplates ultimately, besides the affliction and deliverance in Sennacherib's time, the destruction of Jerusalem by Rome, the dispersion of the Jews, their restoration, the destruction of the enemies that besiege the city (Zac 14:2), and the final glory of Israel (Isa 29:17-24). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Yet I will distress Ariel - The reference here is doubtless to the siege which God says Isa 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 Isa 29:7-8), yet it was also true that it was reduced to great distress (see Isa. 36; 37)
And it shall be unto me as Ariel - This phrase shows that in Isa 29:1 Jerusalem is called 'Ariel,' because it contained the great altar, and was the place of sacrifice. The word "Ariel" here is to be understood in the sense "of the hearth of the great altar;" and the meaning is, 'I will indeed make Jerusalem like the great altar; I will make it the burning place of wrath where my enemies shall be consumed as if they were on the altar of burnt sacrifice.' Thus in Isa 30:9, it is said of Yahweh that his 'fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.' This is a strong expression, denoting the calamity that was approaching; and though the main reference in this whole passage is to the distress that would come upon them in the invasion of Sennacherib, yet there is no impropriety in supposing that there was presented to the mind of the prophet in vision the image of the total ruin that would come yet upon the city by the Chaldeans - when the temple, the palaces, and the dwellings of the magnificent city of David would be in flames, and like a vast blazing altar consuming that which was laid upon it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
There 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 Isa 29:1 (note). Or, perhaps, all on flame; as it was when taken by the Chaldeans; or covered with carcasses and blood, as when taken by the Romans: an intimation of which more distant events, though not immediate subjects of the prophecy, may perhaps be given in this obscure passage. |
17 Is it not yet a very [04213] little while [04592], and Lebanon [03844] shall be turned [07725] into a fruitful field [03759], and the fruitful field [03759] shall be esteemed [02803] as a forest [03293]?
18 And in that day [03117] shall the deaf [02795] hear [08085] the words [01697] of the book [05612], and the eyes [05869] of the blind [05787] shall see [07200] out of obscurity [0652], and out of darkness [02822].
19 The meek [06035] also shall increase [03254] their joy [08057] in the LORD [03068], and the poor [034] among men [0120] shall rejoice [01523] in the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478].
20 For the terrible one [06184] is brought to nought [0656], and the scorner [03887] is consumed [03615], and all that watch [08245] for iniquity [0205] are cut off [03772]:
21 That make a man [0120] an offender [02398] for a word [01697], and lay a snare [06983] for him that reproveth [03198] in the gate [08179], and turn aside [05186] the just [06662] for a thing of nought [08414].
22 Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], who redeemed [06299] Abraham [085], concerning the house [01004] of Jacob [03290], Jacob [03290] shall not now be ashamed [0954], neither shall his face [06440] now wax pale [02357].
23 But when he seeth [07200] his children [03206], the work [04639] of mine hands [03027], in the midst [07130] of him, they shall sanctify [06942] my name [08034], and sanctify [06942] the Holy One [06918] of Jacob [03290], and shall fear [06206] the God [0430] of Israel [03478].
24 They also that erred [08582] in spirit [07307] shall come [03045] to understanding [0998], and they that murmured [07279] shall learn [03925] doctrine [03948].
2 For I will gather [0622] all nations [01471] against Jerusalem [03389] to battle [04421]; and the city [05892] shall be taken [03920], and the houses [01004] rifled [08155], and the women [0802] ravished [07901] [07693]; and half [02677] of the city [05892] shall go forth [03318] into captivity [01473], and the residue [03499] of the people [05971] shall not be cut off [03772] from the city [05892].
4 And thou shalt be brought down [08213], and shalt speak [01696] out of the ground [0776], and thy speech [0565] shall be low [07817] out of the dust [06083], and thy voice [06963] shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit [0178], out of the ground [0776], and thy speech [0565] shall whisper [06850] out of the dust [06083].
3 And I will camp [02583] against thee round about [01754], and will lay siege [06696] against thee with a mount [04674], and I will raise [06965] forts [04694] against thee.
2 And there went out [03318] fire [0784] from the LORD [03068], and devoured [0398] them, and they died [04191] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
9 And he shall pass over [05674] to his strong hold [05553] for fear [04032], and his princes [08269] shall be afraid [02865] of the ensign [05251], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], whose fire [0217] is in Zion [06726], and his furnace [08574] in Jerusalem [03389].
30 And the LORD [03068] shall cause his glorious [01935] voice [06963] to be heard [08085], and shall shew [07200] the lighting down [05183] of his arm [02220], with the indignation [02197] of his anger [0639], and with the flame [03851] of a devouring [0398] fire [0784], with scattering [05311], and tempest [02230], and hailstones [068] [01259].
6 Thou shalt be visited [06485] of the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] with thunder [07482], and with earthquake [07494], and great [01419] noise [06963], with storm [05492] and tempest [05591], and the flame [03851] of devouring [0398] fire [0784].
9 That this is a rebellious [04805] people [05971], lying [03586] children [01121], children [01121] that will [014] not hear [08085] the law [08451] of the LORD [03068]:
1 Woe [01945] to Ariel [0740], to Ariel [0740], the city [07151] where David [01732] dwelt [02583] ! add [05595] ye year [08141] to year [08141]; let them kill [05362] sacrifices [02282].
7 And the multitude [01995] of all the nations [01471] that fight [06633] against Ariel [0740], even all that fight [06638] against her and her munition [04685], and that distress [06693] her, shall be as a dream [02472] of a night [03915] vision [02377].
8 It shall even be as when an hungry [07457] man dreameth [02492], and, behold, he eateth [0398]; but he awaketh [06974], and his soul [05315] is empty [07386]: or as when [0834] a thirsty man [06771] dreameth [02492], and, behold, he drinketh [08354]; but he awaketh [06974], and, behold, he is faint [05889], and his soul [05315] hath appetite [08264]: so shall the multitude [01995] of all the nations [01471] be, that fight [06633] against mount [02022] Zion [06726].
3 And I will camp [02583] against thee round about [01754], and will lay siege [06696] against thee with a mount [04674], and I will raise [06965] forts [04694] against thee.
1 Woe [01945] to Ariel [0740], to Ariel [0740], the city [07151] where David [01732] dwelt [02583] ! add [05595] ye year [08141] to year [08141]; let them kill [05362] sacrifices [02282].