Isaiah 29:2

I will threaten Ariel, and she will mourn intensely and become like an altar hearth ¹  before me.

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Yet I will besiege Ariel; she will mourn and lament, she will be to me like an altar hearth.

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I will bring distress to Ariel, And she will be a city of lamenting and mourning; And she will be like an Ariel to me.

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Yet I will bring disaster upon you, and there will be much weeping and sorrow. For Jerusalem will become as her name Ariel means––an altar covered with blood.

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But I'm not letting up on Jerusalem. The moaning and groaning will continue. Jerusalem to me is an Ariel.

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And I will send trouble on Ariel, and there will be weeping and cries of grief; and she will be to me as Ariel.

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Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be moaning and lamentation, and Jerusalem shall be to me like an Ariel.

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Yet I will distress Ariel; There shall be heaviness and sorrow, And it shall be to Me as Ariel.

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I will threaten Ariel, and she will mourn intensely and become like an altar hearth ¹  before me.

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.