Isaiah 29:1

Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.

² And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.

³ I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
KJV: Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
WEB: Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around;
ASV: Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round:
DARBY: Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city of David's encampment! Add ye year to year; let the feasts come round.
BLB: Woe to Ariel, Ariel the city [where] David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around.

ÅB: Ve Ariel[^1], Ariel, du by hvor David slo leir! Legg år til år, la høytidene gå sin rundgang!
OTB: Ve deg, Ariel, Ariel, byen der David slo leir! Legg år til år, la din syklus av høytider fortsette.
B1930: Ve Ariel, Ariel, du by hvor David slo leir! Legg år til år, la høitidene gå sin rundgang! / < Guds løve (JES 33, 7); så kalles her Jerusalem.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Amos 4:4–5
“Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.
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2 Samuel 5:9
So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
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Micah 6:6–7
With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
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Hosea 5:6
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
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Ezekiel 43:15–16
The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.
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Hosea 8:13
Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
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Hosea 9:4
They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.
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Isaiah 66:3
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
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