Isaiah 29:2

Translations

Modern

And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.

Traditional

Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.

Literal

And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; and to Me she will be as Ariel!

Latin

Et circumvallabo Ariel, et erit tristis et mœrens, et erit mihi quasi Ariel.

Original

Hebrew

English

And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.

Notes

Isaiah 29:1–2

Ariel was another name for Mount Zion (Isaiah 29:8). It likely means "altar of God."

Isaiah 29:1–8

During the Assyrian siege, the Lord would fight for Jerusalem. He would eventually make the Assyrians leave the city.

Isaiah 29:1–14

This is the second of the six woes (Woe …).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 5:25–30
Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Zephaniah 1:7–8
Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.
Isaiah 24:1–12
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
Lamentations 2:5
The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
Isaiah 3:26
And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
Isaiah 33:7–9
Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
Ezekiel 39:17
And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.
Jeremiah 32:28–32
Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.
Isaiah 10:5–6
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
Isaiah 34:6
The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
Jeremiah 39:4–5
When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.
Isaiah 17:14
In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.

Parallels

Luke 19:41–44

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Ariel (Place) Isaiah, Book of

Topics

Ariel: A Symbolical Name for Jerusalem Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments

Isaiah 29:2

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