Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
COMING INVASION OF JERUSALEM: ITS FAILURE: UNBELIEF OF THE JEWS. (Isa. 29:1-24)
Ariel--Jerusalem; Ariel means "Lion of God," that is, city rendered by God invincible: the lion is emblem of a mighty hero (2 Samuel 23:20). Otherwise "Hearth of God," that is, place where the altar-fire continually burns to God (Isaiah 31:9; Ezekiel 43:15-16).
add . . . year to year--ironically; suffer one year after another to glide on in the round of formal, heartless "sacrifices." Rather, "add yet another year" to the one just closed [MAURER]. Let a year elapse and a little more (Isaiah 32:10, Margin).
let . . . kill sacrifices--rather, "let the beasts (of another year) go round" [MAURER]; that is, after the completion of a year "I will distress Ariel."
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 22:1
Isaiah 31:9
Isaiah 32:10
Ezekiel 19:2
Ezekiel 43:15
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