Isaiah 29:1 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-8

That it is Jerusalem which is here called Ariel is agreed, for that was the city where David dwelt; that part of it which was called Zion was in a particular manner the city of David, in which both the temple and the palace were. But why it is so called is very uncertain: probably the name and the reason were then well known. Cities, as well as persons, get surnames and nicknames. Ariel signifies the lion of God, or the strong lion: as the lion is king among beasts, so was Jerusalem among the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:1

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 where David dwelt;' and so it is called in Ezekiel 43:15 it signifies "the lion of God"; and the reason why it is so called, the Jews say F9 Yoma apud Jarchi in loc. , is, because the fire lay upon it in the form of a lion; but rather the reason is, because it devoured the sacrifices... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 29:1

Ariel - That Jerusalem is here called by this name is very certain: but the reason of this name, and the meaning of it as applied to Jerusalem, is very obscure and doubtful. Some, with the Chaldee, suppose it to be taken from the hearth of the great altar of burnt-offerings which Ezekiel plainly calls by the same name, and that Jerusalem is here considered as the seat of the fire of God, אל אור ur el which should issue from thence to consume his enemies: compare Isaiah 31:9 . Some,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:1

Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt ! "Ariel' is clearly a mystic name for Jerusalem, parallel to "Sheshach" as a name for Babylon ( Jeremiah 25:26 ) and "'Ir-ha-heres" as a name for Heliopolis ( Isaiah 19:18 ). It is generally explained as equivalent to Art-El, "lion of God;" but Delitzsch suggests the meaning of "hearth of God," or "altar of God," a signification which "Ariel" seems to have in Ezekiel 43:15 , Ezekiel 43:16 . But there is no evidence that "Ariel" was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-4

A WARNING TO JERUSALEM . Expostulation is followed by threats. The prophet is aware that all his preaching to the authorities in Jerusalem ( Isaiah 28:14-22 ) will be of no avail, and that their adoption of measures directly antagonistic to the commands of God will bring on the very evil which they are seeking to avert, and cause Jerusalem to be actually besieged by her enemies. In the present passage he distinctly announces the siege, and declares that it will commence within a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-4

Woe to Ariel! The lesson of this section seems to be that even those nearest and dearest to God, who bear his name, who are in a certain sense his, are not exempt from suffering at his hands. Even Jerusalem, "the city where David dwelt" "God's lion," his champion, his "mighty one"—was shortly to experience all the horrors of a prolonged siege, to be brought down to the dust—to be distressed, weakened, humiliated. The memory of David would not save her; her name of "Ariel" would not exempt... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 29:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-12

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

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

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