Isaiah 29
1. Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt * ! add * ye year to year; let them kill * sacrifices.
2. Yet I will distress * Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
3. And I will camp * against thee round about, and will lay siege * against thee with a mount, and I will raise * forts against thee.
4. And thou shalt be brought down * , and shalt speak * out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low * out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper * out of the dust.
5. Moreover the multitude of thy strangers * shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away * : yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
6. Thou shalt be visited * of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake,and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring * fire.
7. And the multitude of all the nations that fight * against Ariel, even all that fight * against her and her munition, and that distress * her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
8. It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth * , and, behold, he eateth * ; but he awaketh * , and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth * , and, behold, he drinketh * ; but he awaketh * , and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite * : so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight * against mount Zion.
9. Stay * yourselves, and wonder * ; cry ye out * , and cry * : they are drunken * , but not with wine; they stagger * , but not with strong drink.
10. For the LORD hath poured out * upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed * your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered * .
11. 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 learned * , saying * , Read * this, I pray thee: and he saith * , I cannot * ; for it is sealed * :
12. And the book is delivered * to him that is not learned * , saying * , Read * this, I pray thee: and he saith * , I am not learned * .
13. Wherefore the Lord said * , Forasmuch as this people draw near * me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour * me, but have removed * their heart far * from me, and their fear toward me is taught * by the precept of men:
14. Therefore, behold, I will proceed * to do a marvellous work * among this people, even a marvellous work * and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish * , and the understanding of their prudent * men shall be hid * .
15. Woe unto them that seek deep * to hide * their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say * , Who seeth * us? and who knoweth * us?
16. Surely your turning of things upside down * shall be esteemed * as the potter's * clay: for shall the work say * of him that made * it, He made * me not? or shall the thing framed say * of him that framed * it, He had no understanding * ?
17. Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned * into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed * as a forest?
18. 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 out of darkness.
19. The meek also shall increase * their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice * in the Holy One of Israel.
20. For the terrible one is brought to nought * , and the scorner * is consumed * , and all that watch * for iniquity are cut off * :
21. 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 for a thing of nought.
22. Therefore thus saith * the LORD, who redeemed * Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed * , neither shall his face now wax pale * .
23. But when he seeth * his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify * my name, and sanctify * the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear * the God of Israel.
24. They also that erred * in spirit shall come * to understanding, and they that murmured * shall learn * doctrine.
