John Trapp on Isaiah 29:1

Chap. XXIX.

Ver. 1. WO to Ariel, to Ariel] i. e. to the brazen altar,Metonymia adjuncti Synecdochica. Ezek. 43.15, 16. called here Ariel or Gods lyon, becauſe it ſeemed as a lyon to devour the ſacrifices daily burnt upon it. Here it is put for the whole Temple, which together with the City wherein it ſtood, is threatned with deſtruction.

The City where David dwelt] Both Mount Moriah whereon ſtood the Temple, and Mount Zion whereon ſtood the Palace: both Church and State are menaced with Judgements Temporal in the eight firſt verſes, and Spiritual in the eight next. The reſt of the Chapter is no leſs Conſolatory then this is Comminatory.

Add ye year to year] i. e. feed your ſelves on with theſe vain hopes, that years ſhall run on alwayes in the ſame manner: See 2 Pet. 2.4. Ezek. 12.22.

Let them kill ſacrifices] and thereby think (but falſly and fooliſhly) to demerit God to themſelves; as that Emperor did, who marching againſt his enemy, ſacrificed and then ſaid, Non ſic deos coluimus ut ille nos vinceret, Antonin. Philoſop. we have not ſo ſerved God that he ſhould ſerve us no better then to give our enemies the better of us: ſee Iſa. 58.3. Jer. 7.21. Hoſ. 9.1.