Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Isaiah 29

Isa 29:1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.

Ariel

"Lion of God" = Jerusalem.

Isa 29:3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

I will camp against thee round about

Here, as often in prophecy, and especially in Isaiah, the near and far horizons blend. The near view is of Sennacherib's invasion and the destruction of the Assyrian host by the angel of the Lord (Isa 36; 37); the far view is that of the final gathering of the Gentile hosts against Jerusalem at the end of the great tribulation (Psa 2:5; Rev 7:14), when a still greater deliverance will be wrought. (See "Times of the Gentiles," Scofield Luk 21:24; Rev 16:14.) The same remark applies also to Isa 28:14-18, where there is a near reference to the Egyptian alliance ("we have made a covenant," etc.), while the reference to the stone (Isa 29:16) carries the meaning forward to the end-time, and the covenant of unbelieving Israel with the Beast (Dan 9:27).

Isa 29:5 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.

as chaff

Isa 17:13; Job 21:18.

Isa 29:6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

earthquake

Zec 14:4; Rev 16:19.

Isa 29:10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.

the spirit of deep sleep

Rom 11:8.

Isa 29:13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

with their lips do honour me

Eze 33:31; Mat 15:8, 9; Mar 7:6, 7.

Isa 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

marvellous work and a wonder

Hab 1:5.

the wisdom of their wise men

Jer 49:7; Oba 1:8; 1Co 1:19.

Isa 29:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.

redeemed

Scofield Exodus 14:30, note; Isaiah 59:20, note.