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Woe to David’s City

Isaiah 29:1

In 11 translations

BSB
Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.Or Altar Hearth or Lion of God; probably a nickname for Jerusalem; twice in this verse, twice in verse 2, and once in verse 7
KJV
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.Woe…: or, O Ariel, that is, the lion of Godthe city: or, of the citykill: Heb. cut off the heads of
WEB
Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around;
ASV
Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round:
LSV
Woe [to] Ariel, Ariel, || The city of the encampment of David! Add year to year, let festivals go around.
YLT
Woe [to] Ariel, Ariel, The city of the encampment of David! Add year to year, let festivals go round.
DBY
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city of David's encampment! Add ye year to year; let the feasts come round.
DRC
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel the city which David took: year is added to year: the solemnities are at an end.
GNV
Ah altar, altar of the citie that Dauid dwelt in: adde yere vnto yere: let them kill lambs.
JPS
Ah, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add ye year to year, let the feasts come round!
LXXE
Alas for the city Ariel, which David besieged. Gather ye fruits year by year; eat ye, for ye shall eat with Moab.Or, woe to.See Heb.

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Original-language editions

WLC
ה֚וֹי אֲרִיאֵ֣ל אֲרִיאֵ֔ל קִרְיַ֖ת חָנָ֣ה דָוִ֑ד סְפ֥וּ שָׁנָ֛ה עַל־שָׁנָ֖ה חַגִּ֥ים יִנְקֹֽפוּ׃
LXX-Br
Οὐαὶ Ἀριὴλ πόλις, ἣν ἐπολέμησε Δαυείδ· συναγάγετε γενήματα ἐνιαυτὸν ἐπὶ ἐνιαυτὸν, φάγεσθε, φάγεσθε γὰρ σὺν Μωάβ,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Amos 4:4–5“Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days. Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For…
  • 2 Samuel 5:9So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
  • Micah 6:6–7With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of…
  • Ezekiel 43:15–16The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth. The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.
  • Hosea 8:13Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
  • Isaiah 66:3Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is…
  • Hosea 9:4They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will…
  • Hosea 5:6They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
  • Hebrews 10:1For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
  • Isaiah 31:9Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
  • Isaiah 22:12–13On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth. But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and…
  • Jeremiah 7:21This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!
  • Isaiah 1:11–15“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. When you come…

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