Isa 29:1 | JFB | STEP | 1. Ariel —Jerusalem; Ariel means "Lion of God," that is, city rendered by God invincible: the lion is emblem of a mighty hero ( ). Otherwise "Hearth of God," that is, place where the altar-fire continually burns to God ( ). add . . . year to year —ironically; suffer one year after another to glide on in the round of formal, heartless "sacrifices." Rather, "add yet another year" to the one just closed [MAURER ]. Let a year elapse and a little more ( , Margin ). let . . . kill sacrifices —rather, "let the beasts (of another year) go round" [MAURER ]; that is, after the completion of a year "I will distress Ariel."

Isaiah 29:1

1. Ariel—Jerusalem; Ariel means "Lion of God," that is, city rendered by God invincible: the lion is emblem of a mighty hero (2Sa 23:20). Otherwise "Hearth of God," that is, place where the altar-fire continually burns to God (Isa 31:9; Eze 43:15, 16).

add . . . year to year—ironically; suffer one year after another to glide on in the round of formal, heartless "sacrifices." Rather, "add yet another year" to the one just closed [MAURER]. Let a year elapse and a little more (Isa 32:10, Margin).

let . . . kill sacrifices—rather, "let the beasts (of another year) go round" [MAURER]; that is, after the completion of a year "I will distress Ariel."