Isaiah 29:1
What does Isaiah 29:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 29:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round:
KJV
King James Version · 1611Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Ho! Ariel, Ariel, the town against which David made war; put year to year, let the feasts come round:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Woe <FI>to<Fi> Ariel, Ariel, The city of the encampment of David! Add year to year, let festivals go round.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Woe to Ariel, to Ariel the city which David took: year is added to year. the solemnities are at an end.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city of David's encampment! Add ye year to year; let the feasts come round.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lamentation; and she shall be unto me as Ariel.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 1:11
What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
- Hosea 5:6
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.
- Jeremiah 7:21
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh.
- Isaiah 31:9
And his rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, saith Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
- Hebrews 10:1
For the law having a shadow of the goodthingsto come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh.
- Hosea 8:13
As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
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