“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.” (Isaiah
29:1-24 AV)