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Isaiah 29

Jerusalem Is Warned

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Woe, O  1Ariel,  1Ariel the city where David once  acamped! Add year to year,  2 bobserve your feasts on schedule.

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I will bring distress to Ariel, And she will be a city of lamenting and  amourning; And she will be like an Ariel to me.

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I will  acamp against you  1encircling you, And I will set siegeworks against you, And I will raise up battle towers against you.

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Then you will  abe brought low; From the earth you will speak, And from the dust where you are prostrate Your words will come. Your voice will also be like that of a  1spirit from the ground, And your speech will whisper from the dust.

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But the multitude of your  1enemies will become like fine  adust, And the multitude of the  bruthless ones like the chaff which  2blows away; And it will happen  cinstantly, suddenly.

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From the LORD of hosts you will be  apunished with  bthunder and earthquake and loud noise, With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.

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And the  amultitude of all the nations who wage war against  1Ariel, Even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, Will be like a dream, a  bvision of the night.

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It will be as when a hungry man dreams-- And behold, he is eating; But when he awakens, his  1hunger is not satisfied, Or as when a thirsty man dreams-- And behold, he is drinking, But when he awakens, behold, he is faint And his  1thirst is not quenched.  aThus the multitude of all the nations will be Who wage war against Mount Zion.

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 aBe delayed and wait, Blind yourselves and be blind; They  bbecome drunk, but not with wine, They stagger, but not with strong drink.

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For the LORD has poured over you a spirit of deep  asleep, He has  bshut your eyes, the prophets; And He has covered your heads, the seers.

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The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed  1 abook, which when they give it to the one who  2is literate, saying, "Please read this," he will say, "I cannot, for it is sealed."

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Then the  1book will be given to the one who  2is illiterate, saying, "Please read this." And he will say, "I  3cannot read."

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Then the Lord said, "Because  athis people draw near with their  1words And honor Me with their  2lip service, But they remove their hearts far from Me, And their  3reverence for Me  4consists of  5tradition learned by rote,

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Therefore behold, I will once again deal  amarvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous; And  bthe wisdom of their wise men will perish, And the discernment of their discerning men will be concealed."

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Woe to those who deeply  ahide their  1plans from the LORD, And whose  bdeeds are done in a dark place, And they say, " cWho sees us?" or "Who knows us?"

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You turn things around! Shall the potter be considered  1as equal with the clay, That  awhat is made would say to its maker, "He did not make me"; Or what is formed say to him who formed it, "He has no understanding"?

Blessing after Discipline

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Is it not yet just a little while  1Before Lebanon will be turned into a  afertile field, And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?

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On that day the  adeaf will hear  bwords of a book, And out of their gloom and darkness the  ceyes of the blind will see.

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The  aafflicted also will increase their gladness in the LORD, And the  bneedy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

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For the  aruthless will come to an end and the  bscorner will be finished, Indeed  call who  1are intent on doing evil will be cut off;

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Who  1cause a person to be indicted by a word, And  aensnare him who adjudicates at the gate, And  2 bdefraud the one in the right with  3meaningless arguments.

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Therefore thus says the LORD, who redeemed  aAbraham, concerning the house of Jacob: "Jacob  bshall not now be ashamed, nor shall his face now turn pale;

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But when  1he sees his  achildren, the  bwork of My hands, in his midst, They will sanctify My name; Indeed, they will  csanctify the Holy One of Jacob And will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

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"Those who  aerr in  1mind will  bknow  2the truth, And those who  3criticize will  4 caccept instruction.



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