Isa 29:2

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I will.

Isa 5:25-30; Isa 10:5; Isa 10:6; Isa 10:32; Isa 17:14; Isa 24:1-12; Isa 33:7-9; Isa 36:22; Isa 37:3

Jer 32:28-32; Jer 39:4; Jer 39:5

and it shall.Or, as Bp. Lowth renders, "and it shall be unto me as the hearth of the great altar;" that is, it shall be the seat of the fire of God, which shall issue from thence to consume his enemies.

The hearth of the altar is expressly called {ariel} by Ezekiel, Isa 43:15; which is put, in the former part of the verse, for Jerusalem, the city in which the altar was.

The subject of this and the four following chapters, says Bp. Lowth, is the invasion of Sennacherib; the great distress of the Jews while it continued; their sudden and unexpected deliverance by God's immediate and miraculous interposition on their behalf; the subsequent prosperous state of the kingdom under Hezekiah; interspersed with severe reproofs and threats of punishment for their hypocrisy, stupidity, infidelity, their want of trust in God, and their vain reliance on the assistance of Egypt; and with promises of better times, both immediately to succeed, and to be expected in the future age.

Isa 34:6; Ezek 22:31; Ezek 24:3-13; Ezek 39:17; Zeph 1:7; Zeph 1:8; Rev 19:17; Rev 19:18