Isaiah 29

Isaiah · Chapter 29

Isaiah 29:2

1Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.2Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.3And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.4And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.5Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.6Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.7And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.8It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.9Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.10For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.11And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:12And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.13Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:14Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.15Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?16Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?17Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.19The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.20For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:21That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.22Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.23But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.24They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

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VerseKJVBSBASV
2Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lamentation; and she shall be unto me as Ariel.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and I will bring distressוַהֲצִיק֖וֹתִיva-ha-tzi-KO-tiH6693
to press

צוּק (tsuq) (Hiphil) to constrain, press, bring into straits, straiten, oppress

to Arielלַֽאֲרִיאֵ֑לla-'a-ri-'ELH0740H
Ariel

אֲרִיאֵל (a.ri.el) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.16 § Ariel = "lion of God" or "lioness of God" 1) a name applied to Jerusalem 2) the name of a chief of the returning exiles

and it will beוְהָיְתָ֤הve-ha-ye-TAHH1961
to be

הָיָה (ha.yah) 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) …

mourningתַֽאֲנִיָּה֙ta-'a-ni-YAHH8386
mourning

תַּאֲנִיָּה (ta.a.niy.yah) mourning, grieving

and lamentationוַֽאֲנִיָּ֔הva-'a-ni-YAHH0592
lamentation

אֲנִיָּה (a.niy.yah) mourning, lamentation

and it will beוְהָ֥יְתָהve-HA-ye-tahH1961
to be

הָיָה (ha.yah) 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) …

like Arielכַּאֲרִיאֵֽל׃ka-'a-ri-'ELH0740H
Ariel

אֲרִיאֵל (a.ri.el) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.16 § Ariel = "lion of God" or "lioness of God" 1) a name applied to Jerusalem 2) the name of a chief of the returning exiles

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.