Isaiah 29:2

I will threaten Ariel, and she will mourn intensely and become like an altar hearth ¹  before me.

Isa 5:25-30; Isa 10:5,6,32; Isa 17:14; Isa 24:1-12; Isa 33:7-9; Isa 34:6; Isa 36:22; Isa 37:3; Jer 32:28-32; Jer 39:4,5; Eze 22:31; Eze 24:3-13; Eze 39:17; Zep 1:7,8; Re 19:17,18

¹ tn The term אֲרִיאֵל (’ari’el, “Ariel”) is the word translated “altar hearth” here. The point of the simile is not entirely clear. Perhaps the image likens Jerusalem’s coming crisis to a sacrificial fire.