Woe, O 1Ariel
, 1Ariel
the city
where David
once acamped
! Add
year
to year
, 2 bobserve
your feasts
on schedule
.
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.
I will acamp against
you 1encircling
you, And I will set
siegeworks
against
you, And I will raise
up battle
towers
against
you.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
aBe delayed and wait
, Blind
yourselves and be blind
; They bbecome
drunk
, but not with wine
, They stagger
, but not with strong
drink
.
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
.
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
."
Then the 1book will be given
to the one who
2is illiterate
, saying
, "Please
read
this
." And he will say
, "I 3cannot
read
."
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,
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
."
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?"
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
"?
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
?
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
.
The aafflicted also will increase
their gladness
in the LORD
, And the bneedy
of mankind
will rejoice
in the Holy
One
of Israel
.
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
;
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
.
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
;
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
.
"Those who aerr in 1mind
will bknow
2the truth
, And those who 3criticize
will 4 caccept
instruction
.