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Isaiah 29:1-3
Contemporary English Version
Isaiah 29:1-3
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]
3 I will surround you and prepare
to attack from all sides.[c]
Footnotes
- 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.”
- 29.2 when … you: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 29.3 from all sides: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. One ancient translation has “like David.”
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