Isaiah 29:1-10 ▼

1 Woe [to] Ariel, Ariel, || The city of the encampment of David! Add year to year, let festivals go around.

2 And I have sent distress to Ariel, || And it has been lamentation and mourning, || And it has been to me as Ariel.

3 And I encamped, O babbler, against you, || And I laid siege against you—a camp. And I raised up bulwarks against you.

4 And you have been low, || You speak from the earth, || And make your saying low from the dust, || And your voice has been from the earth, || As one having a familiar spirit, || And your saying whispers from the dust,

5 And as small dust has been || The multitude of those scattering you, || And as chaff passing on the multitude of the terrible, || And it has been in an instant—suddenly.

6 You are inspected by YHWH of Hosts, || With thunder, and with an earthquake, || And great noise, windstorm, and whirlwind, || And flame of devouring fire.

7 And as a dream, a vision of night, || Has been the multitude of all the nations || Who are warring against Ariel, || And all its warriors, and its bulwark, || Even of those distressing her.

8 And it has been, as when the hungry dreams, || And behold, he is eating, || And he has awoken, || And his soul [is] empty, || And as when the thirsty dreams, || And behold, he is drinking, || And he has awoken, || And behold, he is weary, || And his soul is longing, || So is the multitude of all the nations || Who are warring against Mount Zion.

9 Linger and wonder, look, indeed, look, || Be drunk, and not with wine, || Stagger, and not with strong drink.

10 For YHWH has poured out a spirit of deep sleep on you, || And He closes your eyes—the prophets, || And your heads—the seers—He covered.