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Isaiah 29

Isa. 29:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Woe
howy (Hebrew #1945)
oh!
KJV usage: ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
Pronounce: hoh'ee
Origin: a prolonged form of 1930 (akin to 188)
βto Ariel
'Ari'el (Hebrew #740)
Ariel, a symbolical name for Jerusalem, also the name of an Israelite
KJV usage: Ariel.
Pronounce: ar-ee-ale'
Origin: the same as 739
, to Ariel
'Ari'el (Hebrew #740)
Ariel, a symbolical name for Jerusalem, also the name of an Israelite
KJV usage: Ariel.
Pronounce: ar-ee-ale'
Origin: the same as 739
, γthe city
qiryah (Hebrew #7151)
a city
KJV usage: city.
Pronounce: kir-yaw'
Origin: from 7136 in the sense of flooring, i.e. building
wheref David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
dwelt
chanah (Hebrew #2583)
properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
KJV usage: abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.
Pronounce: khaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2603)
! add
caphah (Hebrew #5595)
properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)
KJV usage: add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
ye year
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
to year
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
; let them δkill
naqaph (Hebrew #5362)
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
KJV usage: compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.
Pronounce: naw-kaf'
Origin: a primitive root
sacrifices
chag (Hebrew #2282)
from 2287; a festival, or a victim therefor
KJV usage: (solemn) feast (day), sacrifice, solemnity.
Pronounce: khag
Origin: or chag {khawg}
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or, O Ariel, i.e. the lion of God.
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or, of the city.
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2 Sam. 5:9• 9So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. (2 Sam. 5:9)
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cut off the heads.

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Ariel,
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Woe,
Year

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-6:  God's heavy judgment upon Jerusalem.
7-8:  The unsatiableness of her enemies.
9-12:  The senselessness,
13-16:  and deep hypocrisy of the Jews.
17-24:  A promise of sanctification to the godly.
A.M. 3292.
B.C.712.
woe. etc.
or, O Ariel, that is, thelion of God.
Isa. 31:9• 9And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. (Isa. 31:9)
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Ezek. 43:15‑16• 15So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
 16And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof. (Ezek. 43:15‑16)
the city.
or, of the city.
2 Sam. 5:9• 9So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. (2 Sam. 5:9)
add.
Isa. 1:11‑15• 11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
 12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
 13Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
 14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
 15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (Isa. 1:11‑15)
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Jer. 7:21• 21Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. (Jer. 7:21)
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Hos. 5:6• 6They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them. (Hos. 5:6)
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Hos. 8:13• 13They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. (Hos. 8:13)
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Hos. 9:4• 4They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the Lord. (Hos. 9:4)
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Amos 4:4‑5• 4Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
 5And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord God. (Amos 4:4‑5)
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Heb. 10:1• 1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. (Heb. 10:1)
kill.
Heb. cut off the heads.
Isa. 66:3• 3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. (Isa. 66:3)
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Mic. 6:6‑7• 6Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
 7Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? (Mic. 6:6‑7)
• The city where David dwelt was once Ariel, meaning “The lion of God”, but it was to be brought low, Though Hezekiah, a godly king, was either on the throne or shortly to ascend it, the state of the people was as described in verses 9-13. Their eyes were closed to God and to His word. (“Isaiah 29” by F.B. Hole)
• Though judgment against Ariel was executed soon after Isaiah’s day, yet the terms of the prophecy go far beyond that, for the destruction of her foes is plainly announced in verse 7, and again at the end of the chapter. (“Isaiah 29” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Woe to Arielc, to Ariel, the city of David’s encampment! Add ye year to year; let the feasts come round.

JND Translation Notes

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Meaning, "Lion of God."