Isaiah 29:1-10
American Standard Version
29 [a]Ho [b]Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round: 2 then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lamentation; [c]and she shall be unto me as Ariel. 3 And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with posted troops, and I will raise siege works 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 [d]whisper out of the dust.
5 But the multitude of thy [e]foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly. 6 [f]She shall be visited of Jehovah of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire. 7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her stronghold, and that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night. 8 And it shall be as when a 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 [g]Tarry ye and wonder; [h]take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 10 For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed [i]your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered.
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- Isaiah 29:1 Or, Woe to
- Isaiah 29:1 That is, The lion of God. Or, The hearth of God.
- Isaiah 29:2 Or, yet
- Isaiah 29:4 Or, chirp
- Isaiah 29:5 Hebrew strangers.
- Isaiah 29:6 Or, There shall be a visitation from Jehovah etc.
- Isaiah 29:9 Or, Be ye amazed
- Isaiah 29:9 Or, blind yourselves and be blind
- Isaiah 29:10 Or, your eyes; the prophets, and etc.
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