Commentary on Isaiah Volume 1 John Calvin
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Isaiah 29:1-24 1. Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
1. Heus Ariel, Ariel, urbs quam incoluit David. Addite annum ad annum, quibus jugulentur agni. 2. Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
2. Atqui in angustum redigam Ariel, et erit mœror et tristitia, eritque mihi tanquam Ariel. 3. And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. 3. Et castrametabor adversum te in circuitu, et oppugnabo te in statione, et erigam contra te aggeres. 4. And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. 4. Tum humiliaberis, e terra loqueris, et e pulvere exibit eloquium tuum, et erit quasi Pythonis e terra vox tua, et e pulvere eloquium tuum mussitabit. 5. Moreover, the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away; yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. 5. Et erit quasi pulvisculus sonitus extraneorum tuorum, et quasi stipula transiens multitudo fortium, et erit ad momentum repente. 6. Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and