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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-8

That it is Jerusalem which is here called Ariel is agreed, for that was the city where David dwelt; that part of it which was called Zion was in a particular manner the city of David, in which both the temple and the palace were. But why it is so called is very uncertain: probably the name and the reason were then well known. Cities, as well as persons, get surnames and nicknames. Ariel signifies the lion of God, or the strong lion: as the lion is king among beasts, so was Jerusalem among the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:5

Moreover, the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust ,.... Or "of those that fan thee" F17 זריך "ventilantium te", V. L. "dispergentium te", Vatablus, so Targum; "hostium tuorum", Pagninus, Cocceius. , as the Vulgate Latin Version; and so the Targum, "of those that scatter thee;' or of thine enemies, as others; meaning the Romans, who were a strange people to them, who got the dominion over them, and scattered them abroad in the world: and the simile of "small dust",... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:6

Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise ,.... That is, not the multitude of strangers and terrible ones, unless they could be understood of the wicked among the Jews; but thou Ariel, or Jerusalem, shalt be punished by the Lord of hosts; for this visitation or punishment was from him, for their sins and iniquities; the Romans were only the instruments he made use of, and the executioners of his vengeance; which was attended with thunder in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:7

And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel ,.... The Roman army, which consisted of men of all nations, that fought against Jerusalem; the city in which was the altar, as the Targum paraphrases it: even all that fight against her, and her munition, and that distress her ; that besieged it, and endeavoured to demolish its walls, towns, and fortifications, as they did: shall be as a dream of a night vision : meaning either that the Roman empire should quickly fall,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 29:5

The multitude of thy strangers "The multitude of the proud" - For זריך zarayich , thy strangers, read זדים zedim , the proud, according to the Septuagint; parallel to and synonymous with עריצים aritsim , the terrible, in the next line: the ר resh was at first ד daleth in a MS. See note on Isaiah 25:2 . The fifth, sixth, and seventh verses contain an admirable description of the destruction of Sennacherib's army, with a beautiful variety of the most expressive and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 29:7

As a dream - This is the beginning of the comparison, which is pursued and applied in the next verse. Sennacherib and his mighty army are not compared to a dream because of their sudden disappearance; but the disappointment of their eager hopes is compared to what happens to a hungry and thirsty man, when he awakes from a dream in which fancy had presented to him meat and drink in abundance, and finds it nothing but a vain illusion. The comparison is elegant and beautiful in the highest... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-8

The city of God. "The city where David dwelt" was undoubtedly Jerusalem, the "city of God." It is here called Ariel ; i.e; according to some, the hearth or altar of God. This fact, taken with the prophecy itself, may remind us— I. THAT THE CITY OF GOD IS THE PLACE WHERE GOD DWELLS . It is where his hearth is —the "place of his abode" where he is at home with his people, where they are "at home" with him. The true Church of Christ, the ideal Christian family or... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-12

Concerning Ariel. I. VICISSITUDES OF ARIEL . The name is symbolic, perhaps signifying " God ' s lion." It was the city where David dwelt. The prophet bids the city enter upon the new year, and run the round of the feasts. The distress will come, and the city, true to her name, will be mourning like a wounded lioness; and yet her prowess will be seen. She will be beleaguered, the mound for the battering-ram will be set up; she will be abased, and her low voice will be like the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:5

Moreover ; rather, but . The relation of Isaiah 29:5-8 to Isaiah 29:1-4 is that of contrast. The multitude of thy strangers; i.e. "of thy enemies" (comp. Isaiah 25:5 ). In primitive societies every stranger is an enemy; and hence language—the formation of primitive men—often has one word for the two ideas. In Latin hostis is said to have originally meant "foreigner" (Cic; 'De Off',' 1.12). Shall be like small dust . Ground down, i.e. to an impalpable powder—rendered utterly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:5-8

THE WARNING FOLLOWED BY A PROMISE . It is ever God's care to prevent men from being "swallowed up with overmuch sorrow" ( 2 Corinthians 2:7 ). As long as he is not about to "make a full end" ( Jeremiah 4:27 ), he mingles promises with his threats, words of cheer with words of warning. So now the prophet is directed to attach to his four verses of denunciation ( Isaiah 29:1-4 ) four others of encouragement, and to declare the utter discomfiture of the vast host of enemies which... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 29:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 29:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:5-8

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