And shalt speak out of the ground - (see the note at Isaiah 8:19). The sense here is that Jerusalem, which had been accustomed to p…

Shalt speak out of the ground. —The words paint the panic of the besieged, the words pointing probably to Sennacherib’s i…

Then shalt thou be laid low. He scornfully describes that arrogance which led the Jews to despise all threats and admonitions as long as t…

And you shall be brought down
To the ground, and laid level with it, even the city of Jerusalem, as it was by the Ro…

Ariel may signify the altar of burnt offerings. Let Jerusalem know that outward religious services will not make people free from judgments. Hypocr…

1. Woe to Ariel. In this part, he presents a threat against the people or against the city, and this is divided into two parts.

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