Isaiah 29

“Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.” Naming Ariel and David keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against…” The line’s distinctive content terms include camp, forts, mount. Its relationship to verses 2 and 4 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest…” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with…” Naming Stay keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is…” The number one makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.” Naming Read keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD , and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who…” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that…” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be…” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD , and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just…” The line’s distinctive content terms include aside, gate, just. Its relationship to verses 20 and 22 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Therefore thus saith the LORD , who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.