Isaías 29:2

2 Mas yo pondré a Ariel en apretura, y será desconsolada y triste; y será a mí como Ariel

Isaías 29:2 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 29:2

Yet I will distress Ariel
Or "straiten" it, by causing it to be besieged; and this he would do, notwithstanding their yearly sacrifices, and their observance of their solemn feasts, and other ceremonies of the law, in which they placed their confidence, and neglected weightier matters: and there shall be heaviness and sorrow;
on account of the siege; by reason of the devastations of the enemy without, made on all the cities and towns in Judea round about; and because of the famine and bloodshed in the city: and it shall be unto me as Ariel;
the whole city shall be as the altar; as that was covered with the blood and carcasses of slain beasts, so this with the blood and carcasses of men; and so the Targum,

``and I will distress the city where the altar is, and it shall be desolate and empty; and it shall be surrounded before me with the blood of the slain, as the altar is surrounded with the blood of the holy sacrifices on a solemn feast day all around;''

so Jarchi and Kimchi.

Isaías 29:2 In-Context

1 ¡Ay de Ariel, ciudad donde habitó David! Añadid un año a otro, los corderos cesarán

2 Mas yo pondré a Ariel en apretura, y será desconsolada y triste; y será a mí como Ariel

3 Porque asentaré campo contra ti en derredor, y te combatiré con ingenios; y levantaré contra ti baluartes

4 Entonces serás humillada; hablarás desde la tierra, y tu habla saldrá del polvo; y será tu voz de la tierra, como voz de espiritista; y tu habla susurrará desde el polvo

5 Mas la multitud de tus enemigos que vendrán de lejos será como polvo menudo, y la multitud de los fuertes como tamo que pasa; y será repentinamente, en un momento