23_ISA_29_01 woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city [ where] David dwelt ! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
23_ISA_29_02 yet I will distress Ariel, And there shall be heaviness And sorrow: And it shall be unto me as Ariel.
23_ISA_29_03 And I will camp against thee round about, And will lay siege against thee with A mount, And I will raise forts against thee.
23_ISA_29_04 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.
23_ISA_29_05 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.
23_ISA_29_06 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.
23_ISA_29_07 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.
23_ISA_29_08 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.
23_ISA_29_09 stay yourselves, And wonder; cry ye out, And cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
23_ISA_29_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.
23_ISA_29_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:
23_ISA_29_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.
23_ISA_29_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:
23_ISA_29_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.
23_ISA_29_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?
23_ISA_29_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?
23_ISA_29_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?
23_ISA_29_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.
23_ISA_29_19 the meek also shall increase [ their] joy in the LORD, And the poor among men shall Rejoice in the holy one of Israel.
23_ISA_29_20 for the terrible one Is brought to nought, And the scorner Is consumed, And all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
23_ISA_29_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.
23_ISA_29_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_ISA_29_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.
23_ISA_29_24 they also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, And they that murmured shall learn doctrine.