Isaiah 29:22 NIV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-124

God saves Jerusalem (29:1-24)Isaiah then presents a frightening picture of the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem (called ‘Ariel’ in RSV and NIV, and ‘God’s altar’ in GNB). The people think that their city is safe and that the cycle of annual festivals will go on indefinitely. Suddenly, they find their lives threatened by a terrible siege. Throughout the city people are distressed and humiliated, as the doomed city cries out to God, as it were, from the grave (29:1-4).The enemy armies think their... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 29:22

Abraham. Reference to Pentateuch, as well known. App-92 . the house of Jacob. See note on Isaiah 2:5 . his face . . . wax pale. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for fear. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 29:22-24

Isaiah 29:22-24. Therefore thus saith the Lord— These verses contain the third consequence of turning Lebanon into a fruitful field;—the Gentiles being called to the privileges of the Christian dispensation. The prophet foretels that many spiritual children should be born to the church; in whom the true image of Abraham and Jacob should be seen, whom the true sons of Jacob (in whom Jacob yet lived) should see without shame, Isa 29:22 and with whom they should sanctify and celebrate the name of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 29:22

22. Join "saith . . . concerning the house of Jacob." redeemed—out of Ur, a land of idolaters (Joshua 24:3). not now—After the moral revolution described (Isaiah 29:17), the children of Jacob shall no longer give cause to their forefathers to blush for them. wax pale—with shame and disappointment at the wicked degeneracy of his posterity, and fear as to their punishment. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 29:15-24

The remedy for spiritual blindness 29:15-24The remedy for this spiritually blind state is the subject of the next "woe" (Isaiah 29:15-24). It begins with a word of condemnation for deception (Isaiah 29:15-16), proceeds to explain what God will do (Isaiah 29:17-21), and ends with a summary statement (Isaiah 29:22-24). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 29:22

The Lord, who began a good work of redemption in Abraham, would bring it to completion (cf. Philippians 1:6). Jacob may have felt embarrassed by all that his descendants had done, as-Isaiah suggested-Jacob looked down from heaven on them. But he would no longer feel ashamed of them, or fear God’s dealings with them, when he saw the transformations that God would make in them. They would finally trust in the Lord as they should. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 29:1-24

This chapter and the three which follow and complete the section, evidently belong to the very eve of Sennacherib’s invasion of Judah in701 b.c.1-8. Jerusalem is besieged and at the last extremity, but the enemy shall be suddenly discomfited. 9-24. Judah’s infatuation at this crisis, contrasted with the very different and teachable spirit that shall mark its future.1. RV ’Ho Ariel.’ Ariel is a symbolic name for Jerusalem, meaning either (1) lion of God, i.e. hero (2 Samuel 23:20), the lion... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 29:22

(22) Thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham.—The words gain in vividness if we think of them as referring to the Jewish tradition that Abraham had been accused by his kinsmen before Nimrod for not worshipping the host of heaven. That history was for the prophet the assurance that Jehovah would not abandon him to his accusers.Jacob shall not now be ashamed . . .—The patriarch appears, as Rachel does in Jeremiah 31:15, as if watching over the fortunes of his descendants with varying emotions.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-24

CHAPTER XIIARIEL, ARIELABOUT 703 B.C.Isaiah 29:1-24IN 705 Sargon, King of Assyria, was murdered, and Sennacherib, his second son, succeeded him. Before the new ruler mounted the throne, the vast empire, which his father had consolidated, broke into rebellion, and down to the borders of Egypt cities and tribes declared themselves again independent. Sennacherib attacked his problem with Assyrian promptitude. There were two forces, to subdue which at the beginning made the reduction of the rest... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 29:1-24

CHAPTER 29 The Second Woe Against Ariel and the Third Woe 1. The fall of Ariel (Jerusalem) predicted (Isaiah 29:1-4 ) 2. Their enemies dealt with by Jehovah (Isaiah 29:5-8 ) 3. The people’s condition: Blinded and religious formalists (Isaiah 29:9-14 ) 4. The third woe (Isaiah 29:15-16 ) 5. In that Day: joy and blessing for the meek and iniquity punished (Isaiah 29:17-24 ) Ariel means “the lion of God.” It is one of the names of Jerusalem. A great siege of Jerusalem is predicted.... read more