Isaiah:29

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* * For I will grievously afflict Ariel : and her strength and her wealth shall be mine . * And I will compass thee about like David , and will raise a mound about thee , and set up towers round thee . * And thy words shall be brought down to the earth , and thy words shall sink down to the earth , and thy voice shall be as they that speak out of the earth , and thy voice shall (note :)Gr . become weak (:note ) be lowered to the ground . * But the wealth of the ungodly shall be as dust from a wheel , and the multitude of them that oppress thee as flying chaff , and it shall be suddenly as a moment , * from the Lord of Hosts : for there shall be a visitation with thunder , and earthquake , and a loud (note :)Gr . voice (:note ) noise , a rushing tempest , and devouring flame of fire . * And the wealth of all the nations together , as many as have fought against Ariel , and all they that war against Jerusalem , and all who are gathered against her , and they that distress her , shall be as one that dreams in sleep by night . * And as men drink and eat in sleep , and when they have arisen , the dream is vain : and as a thirsty man dreams as if he drank , and having arisen is still thirsty , and his soul has desired in vain : so shall be the wealth of all the nations , as many as have fought against the mount Sion . * Faint ye , and be amazed , and be overpowered , not with strong drink nor with wine . * For the Lord has made you to drink a spirit of deep sleep ; and he shall close their eyes , and the eyes of their prophets and of their rulers , who see secret things . * And all these things shall be to you as the words of this sealed book , which if they shall give to a learned man , saying , Read this , he shall then say , I cannot read it , for it is sealed . * And this book shall be given into the hands of a man that is unlearned , and one shall say to him , Read this ; and he shall say , I am not learned . * And the Lord has said , (note :)Mt strkjv @8:9 (:note ) This people draw nigh to me with their mouth , and they honour me with their lips , but their heart is far from me : but in vain do they worship me , teaching the commandments and doctrines of men . * Therefore behold I will proceed to remove this people , and I will remove them : and (note :)1 Co strkjv @1:19 (:note ) I will destroy the wisdom of the wise , and will hide the understanding of the prudent . * Woe to them that deepen their counsel , and not by the Lord . Woe to them that take secret counsel , and whose works (note :)Gr . shall be (:note ) are in darkness , and they say , Who has seen us ? and who shall know us , or what we do ? * Shall ye not be counted as clay of the potter ? (note :)Ro strkjv @9:20 (:note ) Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it , Thou didst not form me ? or the work to the maker , Thou hast not made me wisely ? * Is it not yet a little while , and Libanus shall be changed as the mountains of Chermel , and Chermel shall be reckoned as a forest ? * And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book , and they that are in darkness , and they that are in mist : the eyes of the blind shall see , * and the poor shall rejoice with joy because of the Lord , and they that had no hope among men shall be filled with joy . * The lawless man has come to nought , and the proud man has perished , and they that transgress mischievously have been utterly destroyed : * and they that cause men to sin by a word : and men shall make all that reprove in the gates an offence , because they have unjustly turned aside the righteous . * Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the house of Jacob , whom he set apart from Abraam , Jacob shall not now be ashamed , neither shall he now change countenance . * But when their children shall have seen my works , they shall sanctify my name for my sake , and they sanctify the Holy One of Jacob , and shall fear the God of Israel . * And they that erred in spirit shall know understanding , and the murmurers shall learn obedience , and the stammering tongues shall learn to speak peace .

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