Isaiah 29 — The Holy Bible

Isaiah 29, verse 1. Woe to the city of Ariel, against which David waged war! Gather fruits year by year, for you will eat with Moab. Isaiah 29, verse 2. For I will afflict Ariel, and her strength and wealth will be mine. Isaiah 29, verse 3. I will encircle you as David did, and I will put a barricade around you, and place towers around you. Isaiah 29, verse 4. Your words will be humbled to the earth, and your words will sink into the earth. Your speech shall be like those calling out of the ground, and your voice weakened to the ground. Isaiah 29, verse 5. Moreover the wealth of the ungodly shall be like the dust of a wheel and like dirt carried away. It shall be as though in an instant and suddenly Isaiah 29, verse 6. from the Lord of hosts; for there will be a visitation with thunder and earthquake and a great noise, and a sudden blast of wind and a devouring flame of fire. Isaiah 29, verse 7. The wealth of all the nations, as many as fought against Ariel, and all who wage war against Jerusalem, and all who gather against her and afflict her, shall be as one who dreams in the night. Isaiah 29, verse 8. They shall be like those who eat and drink in a dream, and when they awake their dream was useless, and as a thirsty man dreams, as if he is drinking but is still thirsty when he wakes, and his soul hoped in vain, so will be the wealth of all the nations that fought against Mount Zion. Isaiah 29, verse 9. Faint and be amazed; be overpowered, not with strong drink nor with wine, Isaiah 29, verse 10. for the Lord made you drink a spirit of deep sleep, and He shall close their eyes and the eyes of their prophets and rulers, who see secret things. Isaiah 29, verse 11. All these things shall be to you as the words of this sealed book, which if they should give to a learned man, saying, “Read this,” then he will say, “I cannot read this, for it is sealed.” Isaiah 29, verse 12. This book shall also be placed in the hands of an unlearned man, and one shall say to him, “Read this,” then he will say, “I do not understand writings.” Isaiah 29, verse 13. So the Lord said, “These people draw near to Me and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me, and they worship Me in vain, teaching the commandments and doctrines of men. Isaiah 29, verse 14. Therefore behold, I will proceed to remove this people, and I shall remove them. I shall destroy the wisdom of the wise and hide the understanding of the intelligent.” Isaiah 29, verse 15. Woe to those who deepen their counsel, but not through the Lord! Woe to those who take counsel in secret and whose works are in darkness! They say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us or what we do?” Isaiah 29, verse 16. Shall you not be considered as the clay of the potter? Shall what is molded of clay say to him who molded it, “You did not create me”? Or shall the work say to him who made it, “You did not make me wisely”? Isaiah 29, verse 17. Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be changed like Mount Carmel, and Mount Carmel be considered a forest? Isaiah 29, verse 18. In that day, the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and the eyes of those in darkness and in a fog shall see. Isaiah 29, verse 19. The poor also shall rejoice exceedingly in gladness because of the Lord, and the hopeless among men shall be filled with gladness. Isaiah 29, verse 20. The lawless man has come to an end, and the arrogant man has perished. Those who act lawlessly in malice are utterly destroyed, Isaiah 29, verse 21. as well as those who cause men to sin in word. They shall make all who condemn at the gates an offense, because they turned aside the righteous man with wrongdoing. Isaiah 29, verse 22. Therefore the Lord says this concerning the house of Jacob, whom He set apart out of Abraham: “Now Jacob shall not be ashamed, nor shall Israel now change his countenance. Isaiah 29, verse 23. But when their children see My works, they shall sanctify My name for My sake, and will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and fear the God of Israel. Isaiah 29, verse 24. And those who erred in spirit shall know understanding, and those who complained will learn to obey, and the stammering tongues shall learn to speak peace.”