Isaiah 29:1

Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.

² Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.

³ And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

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
Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
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2 Samuel 5:9
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
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Micah 6:6–7
Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
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Hosea 5:6
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
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Ezekiel 43:15–16
So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
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Hosea 8:13
They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
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Hosea 9:4
They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
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Isaiah 66:3
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
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