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Isaiah 29:1 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Isaiah 29:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Isaiah chapter 29 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
Woe to Jerusalem
“Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. Woe: or, O Ariel, that is, the lion of God the city: or, of the city kill: Heb. cut off the heads of”
Isaiah 29:1 (KJV)
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Commentary on Isaiah 29:1
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! The name אֲרִיאֵל (Ariel) carries layered meaning: 'lion of God' or 'altar hearth.' Isaiah employs this cryptic designation for Jerusalem, the city David established as Israel's capital. The repetition intensifies the lament—God Himself pronounces woe upon His own sanctuary city. The phrase add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices (סְפוּ שָׁנָה עַל־שָׁנָה, siphu shanah al-shanah) drips with irony: continue your empty religious calendar, pile up your meaningless sacrifices.This oracle dates to Hezekiah's reign (circa 701 BC) when Judah ma...
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Cross-References for Isaiah 29:1
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“and called it the city of David. David built round about from Millo and inward.”
“and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings”
“as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering”
“they sacrifice flesh and eat it; But Yahweh doesn't accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity”
“They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.”
“So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.”
“neither will they be pleasing to him. Their sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat of it will be polluted; for their bread will be for their appetite. It will not come into the house of Yahweh.”
“having a shadow of the good to come”
“and his princes will be afraid of the banner”