ASV_Strong : Isaiah 29
1. Ho[H1945] Ariel[H740], Ariel[H740], the city[H7151] where David[H1732] encamped[H2583]! add[H5595] ye year[H8141] to year[H8141]; let the feasts[H2282] come round[H5362]:
2. then will I distress[H6693] Ariel[H740], and there shall be mourning[H8386] and lamentation[H592]; and she shall be unto me as Ariel[H740].
3. And I will encamp[H2583] against thee round about[H1754], and will lay siege[H6696] against thee with posted troops[H4674], and I will raise[H6965] siege works against thee[H4694].
4. And thou shalt be brought down[H8213], and shalt speak[H1696] out of the ground[H776], and thy speech[H565] shall be low[H7817] out of the dust[H6083]; and thy voice[H6963] shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit[H178], out of the ground[H776], and thy speech[H565] shall whisper[H6850] out of the dust[H6083].
5. But the multitude[H1995] of thy foes[H2114] shall be like small[H1851] dust[H80], and the multitude[H1995] of the terrible ones[H6184] as chaff[H4671] that passeth away[H5674]: yea[H6621], it shall be in an instant suddenly[H6597].
6. She shall be visited[H6485] of Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] with thunder[H7482], and with earthquake[H7494], and great[H1419] noise[H6963], with whirlwind[H5492] and tempest[H5591], and the flame[H3851] of a devouring[H398] fire[H784].
7. And the multitude[H1995] of all the nations[H1471] that fight[H6633] against Ariel[H740], even all that fight[H6638] against her and her stronghold[H4685], and that distress[H6693] her[H2472], shall be as a dream, a vision[H2377] of the night[H3915].
8. And it shall be as when a hungry[H7457] man dreameth[H2492], and[H398], behold, he eateth; but he awaketh[H6974], and his soul[H5315] is empty[H7386]: or as when[H834] a thirsty man[H6771] dreameth[H2492], and[H8354], behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh[H6974], and[H5889], behold, he is faint, and his soul[H5315] hath appetite[H8264]: so shall the multitude[H1995] of all the nations[H1471] be[H6633], that fight against mount[H2022] Zion[H6726].
9. Tarry[H4102] ye and wonder[H8539]; take your pleasure[H8173] and be blind[H8173]: they are drunken[H7937], but not with wine[H3196]; they stagger[H5128], but not with strong drink[H7941].
10. For Jehovah[H3068] hath poured out[H5258] upon you the spirit[H7307] of deep sleep[H8639], and hath closed[H6105] your eyes[H5869], the prophets[H5030]; and your heads[H7218], the seers[H2374], hath he covered[H3680].
11. And all vision[H2380] is become unto you as the words[H1697] of a book[H5612] that is sealed[H2856], which men deliver[H5414] to one that is learned[H3045], saying[H559], Read[H7121] this[H559], I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot[H3201], for it is sealed[H2856]:
12. and the book[H5612] is delivered[H5414] to him that is not learned[H3045], saying[H559], Read[H7121] this[H559], I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned[H3045].
13. And the Lord[H136] said[H559], Forasmuch[H3282] as this people[H5971] draw nigh[H5066] unto me[H6310], and with their mouth and with their lips[H8193] to honor[H3513] me[H7368], but have removed their heart[H3820] far[H7368] from me[H3374], and their fear of me is a commandment[H3925] of men[H582] which hath been taught them[H3925];
14. therefore[H3254], behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work[H6381] among this people[H5971], even a marvellous work[H6381] and a wonder[H6382]; and the wisdom[H2451] of their wise[H2450] men shall perish[H6], and the understanding[H998] of their prudent[H995] men shall be hid[H5641].
15. Woe[H1945] unto them that hide[H5641] deep[H6009] their counsel[H6098] from Jehovah[H3068], and whose works[H4639] are in the dark[H4285], and that say[H559], Who seeth[H7200] us[H3045]? and who knoweth us?
16. Ye turn things upside down[H2017]! Shall the potter[H3335] be esteemed[H2803] as clay[H2563]; that the thing made[H6213] should say[H559] of him that made[H6213] it[H6213], He made me not[H3336]; or the thing formed say[H559] of him that formed[H3335] it[H995], He hath no understanding?
17. Is it not yet a very[H4213] little while[H4592], and Lebanon[H3844] shall be turned[H7725] into a fruitful field[H3759], and the fruitful field[H3759] shall be esteemed[H2803] as a forest[H3293]?
18. And in that day[H3117] shall the deaf[H2795] hear[H8085] the words[H1697] of the book[H5612], and the eyes[H5869] of the blind[H5787] shall see[H7200] out of obscurity[H652] and out of darkness[H2822].
19. The meek[H6035] also shall increase[H3254] their joy[H8057] in Jehovah[H3068], and the poor[H34] among men[H120] shall rejoice[H1523] in the Holy One[H6918] of Israel[H3478].
20. For the terrible one[H6184] is brought to nought[H656], and the scoffer[H3887] ceaseth[H3615], and all they that watch[H8245] for iniquity[H205] are cut off[H3772];
21. that make a man[H120] an offender[H2398] in his cause[H1697], and lay a snare[H6983] for him that reproveth[H3198] in the gate[H8179], and turn aside[H5186] the just[H6662] with a thing of nought[H8414].
22. Therefore thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], who redeemed[H6299] Abraham[H85], concerning the house[H1004] of Jacob[H3290]: Jacob[H3290] shall not now be ashamed[H954], neither shall his face[H6440] now wax pale[H2357].
23. But when he seeth[H7200] his children[H3206], the work[H4639] of my hands[H3027], in the midst[H7130] of him[H6942], they shall sanctify my name[H8034]; yea[H6942], they shall sanctify the Holy One[H6918] of Jacob[H3290], and shall stand in awe[H6206] of the God[H430] of Israel[H3478].
24. They also that err[H8582] in spirit[H7307] shall come[H3045] to understanding[H998], and they that murmur[H7279] shall receive[H3925] instruction[H3948].
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