Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 29:1
The city — The royal city, and seat of David and his posterity. Set them — Go on in killing sacrifices from time to time, one year after another, whereby you think to appease me, but all shall be in vain.
The city — The royal city, and seat of David and his posterity. Set them — Go on in killing sacrifices from time to time, one year after another, whereby you think to appease me, but all shall be in vain.
CHAPTER XXIX _Distress of Ariel, or Jerusalem, on Sennacherib's invasion,_ _with manifest allusion, however, to the still greater distress_ _which it suffered from the Romans_, 1-4. _Disappointmen...
WO - (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 pro...
CHAPTER 29 The Second Woe Against Ariel and the Third Woe 1. _The fall of Ariel (Jerusalem) predicted (Isaiah 29:1)_ 2. _Their enemies dealt with by Jehovah (Isaiah 29:5)_ 3. The people's condition:...
ISAIAH 29. THE DOOM OF ARIEL. Possibly Isaiah 29:7 f., with most of Isaiah 29:5, is an insertion to turn a prophecy of judgment into one of mercy. Isaiah 29:1 is then a prophecy of ruin to Jerusalem,...
WOE. The second of the six woes. ARIEL. either. lion of GOD (El, App-4. IV) (2 Samuel 23:20); or the altar-hearth of GOD (Ezekiel 43:15; Ezekiel 43:16. and the Moabite Stone, line 12, App-54). Jerusal...
Jerusalem's time of joyous security shall speedily come to an end. HO ARIEL, ARIEL, CITY WHERE DAVID ENCAMPED! (R.V.). Of the word "Ariel" two explanations (both ancient) are given. (_a_) That which r...
Isaiah 29:1-14. The announcement of Jehovah's wonderful purpose regarding Jerusalem, and its reception on the part of the people Under the second "Woe" (Isaiah 29:1) are grouped two oracles, which ma...
WOE TO ARIEL, &C.— It is evident from Isaiah 29:8 and all interpreters have agreed, that this prophesy is directed against Jerusalem; and it has been commonly thought that אריאל _Ariel,_ which signifi...
3. SUCCESS TEXT: Isaiah 29:1-8 1 Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round: 2 then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lame...
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. This chapter opens the series of prophecies as to the invasion of Judea under Sennacherib, and its...
29:1 Ariel, (c-3) Meaning, 'Lion of God.'...
WARNINGS TO JUDAH These Chapter s refer to the state of affairs during the reign of Hezekiah, when Palestine was threatened by Assyria, and an influential party in Judah favoured resistance, relying...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 29 THE FATE OF *JERUSALEM V1 *Woe to *Jerusalem, the city of David! It will not matt...
XXIX. (1) WOE TO ARIEL, TO ARIEL. — The name belongs to the same group of poetic synonyms as Rahab (Psalms 87:4; Psalms 89:10) and the Valley of Vision (Psalms 22:1). It may have been coined by Isaiah...
הֹ֚וי אֲרִיאֵ֣ל אֲרִיאֵ֔ל קִרְיַ֖ת חָנָ֣ה דָוִ֑ד...
BOOK 3 ORATIONS ON THE EGYPTIAN INTRIGUES AND ORACLES ON FOREIGN NATIONS 705-702 B.C. Isaiah: 29 About 703 30 A little later 31 A little later 32:1-8 Later 32:9-20 Date uncertain ------------...
This is the first of a series of declamations concerning the chosen people, and sets forth the purpose of Jehovah in judgment. The message opens with a description of the judgment (verses Isa 29:1-4),...
Woe to (a) Ariel, to Ariel, the city [where] David dwelt! add ye year to year; (b) let them kill sacrifices. (a) Or Ariel: the Hebrew word Ariel signifies the Lion of God, and signifies the Altar, be...
Ariel. This word signifies the lion of God, and here is taken for the strong city of Jerusalem. (Challoner) --- It was destroyed by the Chaldeans, (4 Kings xxv.) and still more by the Romans, 40 years...
W e might have been at a loss to know what the Prophet meant by Ariel, had he not himself explained its by adding, the city where David dwelt; consequently Jerusalem. The word itself is taken from a r...
CONTENTS The Prophet is here reproving Jerusalem, and showing their folly. Towards the close of the Chapter, the Lord gives some sweet promises to the house of Jacob....
_JERUSALEM’S IMPENDING HUMILIATION AND DELIVERANCE_ ‘Woe to Ariel,’ etc. Isaiah 29:1 I. THE PROPHET SETS FORTH IN Isaiah 29:1 THE THEME OF HIS DISCOURSE.—For he announces to Ariel, i.e. to the city...
1.This appears to be another discourse, in which Isaiah threatens the city of Jerusalem. He calls it “Altar,” (251) because the chief defense of the city was in the “Altar;” (252) for although the cit...
Jerusalem is reduced to the last extremity. But this time Jehovah appears for her deliverance, and the multitude of her enemies disappear as a dream of the night. Everything is dark and gloomy as to t...
WOE TO ARIEL, TO ARIEL, THE CITY [WHERE] DAVID DWELT,.... Many Jewish writers by "Ariel" understand the altar of burnt offerings; and so the Targum, "woe, altar, altar, which was built in the city wh...
_Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city [where] David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices._ Ver. 1. _Woe to Ariel, to Ariel,_] _i.e., _ To the brazen altar, Eze 43:15-16 called here Ariel,...
_Wo to Ariel_ This word signifies _a strong lion_, or _the lion of God_, and is used concerning lion-like men, as it is rendered 1 Chronicles 11:22; and of God's altar, as it is translated Ezekiel 43:...
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, a name signifying either "lion of God" or, more likely, "mountain of God," THE CITY WHERE DAVID DWELT! which is still distinguished by that fact. ADD YE YEAR TO YEAR, another y...
THE WOE UPON ARIEL...
WOE TO ARIAL, TO ARIEL THE CITY: Or, oh Ariel, that is the lion of God. Or, of the city KILL: _ Heb._ out of the heads...
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 wi...
ISAIAH CHAPTER 29. The temple and city of Jerusalem destroyed, ISAIAH 29:1. Her enemies unsatiable, ISAIAH 29:7,8; their senselessness, ISAIAH 29:9, and deep hypocrisy,...
Isaiah 29:1 Woe H1945 Ariel H740 Ariel H740 city H7151 David H1732 dwelt H2583 (H8804) Add H5595 ...
‘Woe to Ariel, Ariel, The city where David encamped. Add for yourselves year to year. Let the feasts come round. Then will I distress Ariel, And there will be mourning and lamentation, And she w...
ARIEL "Lion of God", signifies Jerusalem....
CONTENTS: Warnings to Judah and Jerusalem of impending discipline. The blessing after the final deliverance. CHARACTERS: God, David, Abraham. CONCLUSION: Those who are formal and hypocritical in the...
Isaiah 29:1. _Woe to Ariel,_ the lion of God, or the strong lion, for _El_ is often rendered _strong_ or _rock,_ as in Psalms 42:9. “God my rock.” The city of Jerusalem was that strong rock, or strong...
_Woe to Ariel_ ARIEL The simplest meaning of “Ariel” is “lion of God”; but it also signifies “hearth of God” when derived from another root. In the former sense it comes to mean “a hero,” as in 2 Sa...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 29:1 AH. See note on 28:1. ARIEL, ARIEL (that is, “Jerusalem, Jerusalem”). The address is repeated out of great sorrow and compassion. The exact meaning of the term “
ARIEL Isaiah 29:1. _Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt_. The word “Ariel” properly means “the Lion of God,” and is elsewhere used of the great brazen altar on which the sacred fire bl...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 29:1 A WARNING TO JERUSALEM. Expostulation is followed by threats. The prophet is aware that all his preaching to the authorities in Jerusalem (Isaiah 28:14) will be of no avail, an...
Chapter 29, the woe unto Jerusalem. Ariel means the lion of God. It is one of the names for Jerusalem. Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, [the lion of God] the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let th...
2 Samuel 5:9; Amos 4:4; Amos 4:5; Ezekiel 43:15; Ezekiel 43:16;...