Text -- Isaiah 29:2 (NET)

29:2 I will threaten Ariel, and she will mourn intensely and become like an altar hearth before me.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 29:2

¹ tn The term אֲרִיאֵל (’ari’el, “Ariel”) is the word translated “altar hearth” here. The point of the simile is not entirely clear. Perhaps the image likens Jerusalem’s coming crisis to a sacrificial fire.