Isaiah 29:
“Ariel” was a pre-Israelite name for Jerusalem. It is probably used as a play on the word for “altar stone.”
The people were in such a spiritual stupor that the word of the Lord through the prophet was as a “book that is sealed.”
It is only when God is known with the heart as well as the mind, when his word is a part of the life as well as the lips, that the ways of God can be known.
Spiritual insecurity is the result of spiritual stupor. Which way is God moving? We do not always know beforehand. When God begins to act we will be better able to discern it and to move with him if our hearts are aligned with him. (Teachers Bible commentary).
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