Woe to Ariel
, to Ariel
, the city
where David
dwelt
! add
ye year
to year
; let them kill
sacrifices
.
Yet I will distress Ariel
, and there shall be heaviness
and sorrow
: and it shall be unto me as Ariel
.
And I will camp against thee round about
, and will lay siege
against thee with a mount
, and I will raise
forts
against thee.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
Stay yourselves, and wonder
; cry ye out
, and cry
: they are drunken
, but not with wine
; they stagger
, but not with strong drink
.
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
.
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
:
And the book is delivered
to him that is not learned
, saying
, Read
this, I pray thee: and he saith
, I am not learned
.
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
:
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
.
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?
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
?
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
?
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
.
The meek also shall increase
their joy
in the LORD
, and the poor
among men
shall rejoice
in the Holy One
of Israel
.
For the terrible one is brought to nought
, and the scorner
is consumed
, and all that watch
for iniquity
are cut off
:
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
.
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
.
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
.
They also that erred in spirit
shall come
to understanding
, and they that murmured
shall learn
doctrine
.