Isaiah 29:1-8 ▼

1 Ah! Ariel, Ariel, city where David encamped! Let year follow year, and feast follow feast,

2 But I will bring distress upon Ariel, and there will be mourning and moaning. You shall be to me like Ariel:

3 I will encamp like David against you; I will circle you with outposts and set up siege works against you.

4 You shall speak from beneath the earth, and from the dust below, your words shall come. Your voice shall be that of a ghost from the earth, and your words shall whisper from the dust.

5 The horde of your arrogant shall be like fine dust, a horde of tyrants like flying chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

6 you shall be visited by the LORD of hosts, With thunder, earthquake, and great noise, whirlwind, storm, and the flame of consuming fire.

7 Then like a dream, a vision of the night, Shall be the horde of all the nations who make war against Ariel: All the outposts, the siege works against it, all who distress it.

8 As when a hungry man dreams he is eating and awakens with an empty stomach, Or when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking and awakens faint, his throat parched, So shall the horde of all the nations be, who make war against Mount Zion.