Isaiah:29

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* Woe to Ariel , to Ariel , the city where David dwelt ! Snatch away year after year ; let the feasts come around . * Then I will distress Ariel , and there shall be heaviness and sorrow ; and it shall be to me as Ariel . * And I will encamp against you all around , and will lay siege against you with a mount , and I will raise siege works against you . * And you shall be brought down ; you shall speak out of the ground , and your speech shall be low out of the dust , and your voice shall be like a medium out of the ground , and your speech shall whisper out of the dust . * And the multitude of your strangers shall be like fine dust , and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passes away ; yea , it shall be in an instant , suddenly . * You shall be visited by Jehovah of Hosts with thunder , and with earthquake and loud sounds , with storm and tempest , and the flame of devouring fire . * And the multitude of all the nations who fight against Ariel , even all who fight against her and her stronghold , and who distress her , shall be like a dream of a night vision . * It shall even be as when a hungry one dreams , and behold , he eats , but he awakes and his soul is still empty ; or as when a thirsty man dreams , and behold , he drinks , but he awakes , and behold , he is still faint and his soul craves . So shall it be with the multitude of all the nations who fight against mount Zion . * Wait and wonder ! Smear your eyes shut , blind ! They have become drunk , but not with wine ; they stagger , but not with strong drink . * For Jehovah has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep , and has closed your eyes ; He has covered the prophets and your heads , the seers . * And the vision of all has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed , which they give to one who is literate saying , Please read this ; and he says , I cannot , for it is sealed . * And the book is delivered to him who is not literate , saying , Please read this ; and he says , I am not literate . * Therefore Jehovah said , Whereas this people draw near with their mouth , and honor Me with their lips , but have removed their hearts far from Me , and their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men ; * therefore , behold , I will again do among this people something extraordinary and wonderful . For the wisdom of their wise ones shall perish , and the understanding of their intelligent ones shall be hidden . * Woe to those who are profound to hide their counsel from Jehovah ! And their works are in the dark , and they say , Who sees us ? And , Who knows us ? * O your perversity ! Shall the former be esteemed as the potter ’s clay ; for shall the product say of him who made it , He did not make me ? Or shall the thing formed say to him who formed it , He has had no understanding ? * 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 . * And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book , and the eyes of the blind shall see out of their gloom and darkness . * And the meek shall increase their joy in Jehovah , and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel . * For the terrible one is brought to nothing , and the scorner is destroyed , and all who look after iniquity are cut off ; * those who induce a man to sin by a word , and lay a snare for the judge in the gate , and turn aside the just for vanity . * Therefore thus says Jehovah , who redeemed Abraham , concerning the house of Jacob : Jacob shall not now be ashamed , nor shall his face now become pale . * But when he sees his children , the work of My hands , in his midst , they shall sanctify My name , and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob , and shall fear the God of Israel . * Those who erred in spirit shall come to understanding , and those who murmured shall learn doctrine .

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