29:1 Alas for the city of Ariel, which David
besieged. Gather ye fruits year by year; eat ye, for ye shall eat with Moab.
29:2 For I will grievously afflict Ariel: and her strength and her wealth
shall be mine.
9:3 And I will compass thee about like David, and will raise a mound about
thee, and set up towers round thee.
29:4 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 be lowered to the ground.
29:5 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,
29:6 from the Lord of Hosts: for there shall be a visitation with thunder,
and earthquake, and a loud noise, a rushing tempest, and devouring flame of
fire.
29:7 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.
29:8 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.
29:9 Faint ye, and be amazed, and be overpowered, not with strong drink nor
with wine.
29:10 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.
29:11 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.
29:12 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.
29:13 And the Lord has said, 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.
29:14 Therefore behold I will proceed to remove this people, and I will
remove them: and I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will hide the
understanding of the prudent.
29:15 Woe to them that deepen their counsel, and not by the Lord. Woe to
them that take secret counsel, and whose works are in darkness, and they
say, Who has seen us? and who shall know us, or what we do?
29:16 Shall ye not be counted as clay of the potter? 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?
29:17 [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?
29:18 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,
29:19 and the poor shall rejoice with joy because of the Lord, and they that
had no hope among men shall be filled with joy.
29:20 The lawless man has come to nought, and the proud man has perished,
and they that transgress mischievously have been utterly destroyed:
29:21 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.
29:22 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.
29:23 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.
29:24 And they that erred in spirit shall know understanding, and the
murmurers shall learn obedience, and the stammering tongues shall learn to
speak peace. |
29:1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where
David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
29:2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and
it shall be unto me as Ariel.
29:3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against
thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
29:4 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.
29:5 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.
29:6 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.
29:7 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.
29:8 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.
29:9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but
not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
29:10 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.
29:11 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:
29:12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read
this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
29:13 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:
29:14 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.
29:15 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?
29:16 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?
29:17 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?
29:18 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.
29:19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among
men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
29:20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is
consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
29:21 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.
29:22 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.
29:23 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.
29:24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they
that murmured shall learn doctrine. |