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Isaiah 29:1-2
Contemporary English Version

Jerusalem Will Suffer

The Lord said:

29 Jerusalem, city of David,
the place of my altar,[a]
    you are in for trouble!
Celebrate your festivals
    year after year.
2 I will still make you suffer,
and your people will cry
    when I make an altar of you.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 29.1 the place of my altar: One possible meaning for “ariel, ariel” of the Hebrew text. In Hebrew “ariel” can mean “God's hero” or “God's lion” or “God's altar.”
  2. 29.2 when … you: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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Isaiah 29:1-2
New International Version

Woe to David’s City

29 Woe(A) to you, Ariel, Ariel,(B)
    the city(C) where David settled!
Add year to year
    and let your cycle of festivals(D) go on.
2 Yet I will besiege Ariel;(E)
    she will mourn and lament,(F)
    she will be to me like an altar hearth.[a](G)

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  1. Isaiah 29:2 The Hebrew for altar hearth sounds like the Hebrew for Ariel.
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