Isaiah 29
29Ah, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts run their round.H1945H740H740H7151H1732H2583H5595H8141H8141H5362H22822Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be moaning and lamentation, and she shall be to me like an Ariel.H6693H740H8386H592H7403And I will encamp against you all around, and will besiege you with towers and I will raise siegeworks against you.H2583H1754H6696H4674H6965H46944And you will be brought low; from the earth you shall speak, and from the dust your speech will be bowed down; your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost, and from the dust your speech shall whisper.H8213H1696H776H565H7817H6083H6963H178H776H565H6850H60835But the multitude of your foreign foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff. And in an instant, suddenly,H1995H2114H1851H80H1995H6184H4671H5674H6621H65976you will be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.H6485H3068H6635H7482H7494H1419H6963H5492H5591H3851H398H7847And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, all that fight against her and her stronghold and distress her, shall be like a dream, a vision of the night.H1995H1471H6633H740H6638H4685H6693H2472H3915H23778As when a hungry man dreams he is eating and awakes with his hunger not satisfied, or as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking and awakes faint, with his thirst not quenched, so shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against Mount Zion.H7457H2492H398H6974H5315H7386H834H6771H2492H8354H6974H5889H5315H8264H1995H1471H6633H2022H67269Astonish yourselves and be astonished; blind yourselves and be blind! Be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not with strong drink!H4102H8539H8173H8173H7937H3196H5128H794110For the LORD has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers).H3068H5258H7307H8639H6105H5869H5030H7218H2374H368011And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, "Read this," he says, "I cannot, for it is sealed."H2380H1697H5612H2856H5414H3045H559H7121H559H3201H285612And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, "Read this," he says, "I cannot read."H5612H5414H3045H5612H559H7121H559H304513And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,H136H559H3282H5971H5066H6310H8193H3513H7368H3820H7368H3374H3925H4687H58214therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden."H3254H6381H5971H6381H6382H2451H2450H6H998H995H564115Ah, you who hide deep from the LORD your counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us? Who knows us?"H1945H6009H5641H6098H3068H4639H4285H559H7200H304516You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay, that the thing made should say of its maker, "He did not make me"; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, "He has no understanding"?H2017H2803H3335H2563H4639H559H6213H6213H3336H559H3335H99517Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?H4213H4592H3844H7725H3759H3759H2803H329318In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.H3117H2795H8085H1697H5612H5869H5787H7200H652H282219The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD, and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.H6035H3254H8057H3068H34H120H1523H6918H347820For the ruthless shall come to nothing and the scoffer cease, and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,H6184H656H3887H3615H8245H205H377221who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.H120H2398H1697H6983H3198H8179H5186H6662H841422Therefore thus says the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: "Jacob shall no more be ashamed, no more shall his face grow pale.H559H3068H6299H85H1004H3290H3290H954H6440H235723For when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in his midst, they will sanctify my name; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.H7200H3206H4639H3027H7130H6942H8034H6942H6918H3290H6206H430H347824And those who go astray in spirit will come to understanding, and those who murmur will accept instruction."H8582H7307H3045H998H7279H3925H3948
Columbus, OH
