Isaiah 29:1 Woe1945 to Ariel!740 Ariel,740 the city7151 where David1732 encamped!2583 Add5595 year8141 to year;8141 let the feasts2282 come around;53622 then I will distress6693 Ariel,740 and there will be mourning8386 and lamentation.592 She shall be to me as an altar hearth.740{or, Ariel}3 I will encamp2583 against you all around1754 you, and will lay siege6696 against you with posted troops.4674 I will raise6965 siege works6965 against you.
4 You will be brought down,8213 and will speak1696 out of the ground.776 Your speech565 will mumble7817 out of the dust.6083 Your voice6963 will be as of one who has a familiar spirit,178 out of the ground,776 and your speech565 will whisper6850 out of the dust.60835 But the multitude1995 of your foes2114 will be like fine1851 dust,80 and the multitude1995 of the ruthless ones6184 like chaff4671 that blows away.5674 Yes, it will be in an instant,6621 suddenly.65976 She will be visited6485 by Yahweh3068 of Armies6635 with thunder,7482 with earthquake,7494 with great1419 noise,6963 with whirlwind5492 and storm,5591 and with the flame3851 of a devouring398 fire.7847 The multitude1995 of all the nations1471 that fight6633 against Ariel,740 even all who fight6638 against her and her stronghold,4685 and who distress6693 her, will be like a dream,2472 a vision2377 of the night.39158 It will be like when a hungry7457 man dreams,2492 and behold, he eats;398 but he awakes,6974 and his hunger5315 isn't satisfied;7386 or like when834 a thirsty man6771 dreams,2492 and behold, he drinks;8354 but he awakes,6974 and behold, he is faint,5889 and he5315 is still thirsty.8264 The multitude1995 of all the nations1471 that fight6633 against Mount2022 Zion6726 will be like that.
9 Pause4102 and wonder!8539 Blind8173 yourselves and be blind!8173 They are drunken,7937 but not with wine;3196 they stagger,5128 but not with strong drink.794110 For Yahweh3068 has poured out5258 on you a spirit7307 of deep sleep,8639 and has closed6105 your eyes,5869 the prophets;5030 and he has covered3680 your heads,7218 the seers.237411 All vision2380 has become to you like the words1697 of a book5612 that is sealed,2856 which men deliver5414 to one who is educated,3045 saying,559 "Read7121 this, please;" and he says,559 "I can't,3201 for it is sealed:"285612 and the book5612 is delivered5414 to one who is not educated,3045 saying,559 "Read7121 this, please;" and he says,559 "I can't read."304513 The Lord136 said,559 "Because3282 this people5971 draws near5066 with their mouth6310 and with their lips8193 to honor3513 me, but they have removed7368 their heart3820 far7368 from me, and their fear3374 of me is a commandment3925 of men582 which has been taught;392514 therefore, behold, I will proceed3254 to do a marvelous work6381 among this people,5971 even a marvelous work6381 and a wonder;6382 and the wisdom2451 of their wise2450 men will perish,6 and the understanding998 of their prudent995 men will be hidden."5641
Isaiah 29:15 Woe1945 to those who deeply6009 hide5641 their counsel6098 from Yahweh,3068 and whose works4639 are in the dark,4285 and who say,559 "Who sees7200 us?" and "Who knows3045 us?"
16 You turn things upside down!2017 Should the potter3335 be thought2803 to be like clay;2563 that the thing made6213 should say559 about him who made6213 it, "He didn't make6213 me;" or the thing formed3336 say559 of him who formed3335 it, "He has no understanding?"995
Isaiah 29:17 Isn't it yet a very4213 little while,4592 and Lebanon3844 will be turned7725 into a fruitful field,3759 and the fruitful field3759 will be regarded2803 as a forest?329318 In that day,3117 the deaf2795 will hear8085 the words1697 of the book,5612 and the eyes5869 of the blind5787 will see7200 out of obscurity652 and out of darkness.282219 The humble6035 also will increase3254 their joy8057 in Yahweh,3068 and the poor34 among men120 will rejoice1523 in the Holy One6918 of Israel.347820 For the ruthless6184 is brought to nothing,656 and the scoffer3887 ceases,3615 and all those who are alert8245 to do evil205 are cut off—377221 who cause a person120 to be indicted2398 by a word,1697 and lay a snare6983 for the arbiter3198 in the gate,8179 and who deprive5186 the innocent6662 of justice with false testimony.841422 Therefore thus says559 Yahweh,3068 who redeemed6299 Abraham,85 concerning the house1004 of Jacob:3290 "Jacob3290 shall no longer be ashamed,954 neither shall his face6440 grow pale.235723 But when he sees7200 his children,3206 the work4639 of my hands,3027 in the midst7130 of him, they will sanctify6942 my name.8034 Yes, they will sanctify6942 the Holy One6918 of Jacob,3290 and will stand in awe6206 of the God430 of Israel.347824 They also who err8582 in spirit7307 will come3045 to understanding,998 and those who grumble7279 will receive3925 instruction."3948