King James Version

Isaiah 29:2

Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.

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וַהֲצִיק֖וֹתִיvahatsiqotiand distressצוּקconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and distress”, a completed action in a sequenceH6693to compress, i.e. (figuratively) oppress, distressconstrain, distress, lie sore, (op-) press(-or), straiten.לַֽאֲרִיאֵ֑לlaarielto Arielאֲרִיאֵלpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Ariel”H740Ariel, a symbolical name for Jerusalem, also the name of an IsraeliteAriel.וְהָיְתָ֤הvehayetahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.תַֽאֲנִיָּה֙taaniyahheavinessתַּאֲנִיָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “heaviness”, the ordinary formH8386lamentationheaviness, mourning.וַֽאֲנִיָּ֔הvaaniyahand lamentationאֲנִיָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and lamentation”, the ordinary formH592groaninglamentation, sorrow.וְהָ֥יְתָהvehayetahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לִּ֖יlitoלִּ֖יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toכַּאֲרִיאֵֽלkaarielas Arielאֲרִיאֵלpreposition, noun, proper name — “as Ariel”H740Ariel, a symbolical name for Jerusalem, also the name of an IsraeliteAriel.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and moaning; and she shall be unto Me as a hearth of God.

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American Standard Version (1901)

then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lamentation; and she shall be unto me as Ariel.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I have sent distress to Ariel, And it hath been lamentation and mourning, And it hath been to me as Ariel.

World English Bible

then I will distress Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation. She shall be to me as an altar hearth.

Darby Translation

But I will distress Ariel, and there shall be sorrow and sadness; and it shall be unto me as an Ariel.

Douay-Rheims

And I will make a trench about Ariel, and it shall be in sorrow and mourning, and it shall be to me as Ariel.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and moaning; and she shall be unto Me as a hearth of God.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For I will grievously afflict Ariel: and her strength and her wealth shall be mine.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐκθλίψω γὰρ Ἀριήλ· καὶ ἔσται αὐτῆς ἡ ἰσχὺς καὶ ὁ πλοῦτος ἐμοί.