イザヤ書 29:1-3 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-8

The city of God. "The city where David dwelt" was undoubtedly Jerusalem, the "city of God." It is here called Ariel ; i.e; according to some, the hearth or altar of God. This fact, taken with the prophecy itself, may remind us— I. THAT THE CITY OF GOD IS THE PLACE WHERE GOD DWELLS . It is where his hearth is —the "place of his abode" where he is at home with his people, where they are "at home" with him. The true Church of Christ, the ideal Christian family or... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-12

Concerning Ariel. I. VICISSITUDES OF ARIEL . The name is symbolic, perhaps signifying " God ' s lion." It was the city where David dwelt. The prophet bids the city enter upon the new year, and run the round of the feasts. The distress will come, and the city, true to her name, will be mourning like a wounded lioness; and yet her prowess will be seen. She will be beleaguered, the mound for the battering-ram will be set up; she will be abased, and her low voice will be like the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:2

Yet will I distress Ariel ; rather, and then will I distress Ariel . The sense runs on from the preceding verse. There shall be heaviness and sorrow. Mr. Cheyne's "moaning and bemoaning" represents the Hebrew play upon words better. The natural consequence of the siege would be a constant cry of woe. And it shall be unto me as Ariel . It would be better to translate, "Yet she shall be unto me as Ariel." The meaning is that, though distressed and straitened, Jerusalem shall still... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:2

Divine corrections through temporal distresses. This subject may be treated in the larger spheres of nations, classes of society, or Churches, and applications may be made to individual experience. God's ways in the world of men are designed to reveal the mystery of his ways with each man. That impression which we are now gaining concerning the constancy and inexorableness of law, godly people have long had concerning the constancy and inexorableness of the Divine dealings. What God has... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:3

I will camp against thee round about ; i.e. "I will bring armed men against thee who shall encamp around the entire circuit of thy walls." There was small chance of forcing an entrance into Jerusalem on any side except the north; but, order to distress and harass her, an enemy with numerous forces would dispose them all round the walls, thus preventing all ingress or egress (see Luke 19:43 ). And … lay siege against thee with a mount ; or, with a mound . Artificial mounds were... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 29:1

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 prophecy, proves this. But still, it is not quiet clear why the city is here called “Ariel.” The margin reads, ‘O Ariel, that is, the lion of God.’ The word (אריאל 'ărı̂y'ēl) is compounded of two words, and is usually supposed to be made up of ארי 'ărı̂y, “a lion,” and אל 'ēl, God; and if this... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 29:2

Yet 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 36:0; Isaiah 37:0)And it shall be unto me as Ariel -... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 29:3

And I will camp against thee - That is, I will cause an army to pitch their tents there for a siege. God regards the armies which he would employ as under his control, and speaks of them as if he would do it himself (see the note at Isaiah 10:5).Round about - (כדוּר kadûr). As in a circle; that is, he would encompass or encircle the city. The word used here דור dûr in Isaiah 22:18, means a ball, but here it evidently means a circle; and the sense is, that the army of the besiegers would... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 29:1

Isaiah 29:1. 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 43:15-16; which seems to be thus called, because it devoured and consumed the sacrifices put upon it, as greedily and as irresistibly as the lion doth his prey. “That Jerusalem is here called by this name,” says Bishop Lowth, “is very certain; but the reason of this name, and the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 29:2

Isaiah 29:2. Yet will I distress Ariel Notwithstanding all your sacrifices, by bringing and strengthening her enemies against her. And there shall be heaviness and sorrow Instead of your present joy and festivity. And it shall be to me as Ariel That is, either, 1st, I will treat her like a strong and fierce lion, which the people, among whom it is, endeavour by nets and pits, and divers other ways, to take and destroy. Or, 2d, I will make Ariel the city like Ariel the altar, filling... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 29:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 29:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 29:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 29:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 29:2

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