Isa 29:4 | NETfull | STEP | You will fall; while lying on the ground you will speak; from the dust where you lie, your words will be heard. Your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld; from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation.

Isaiah 29:4

4 You will fall;
while lying on the ground ^{▼▼ Heb “from the ground” (so NIV, NCV).} you will speak;
from the dust where you lie, your words will be heard. ^{▼▼ Heb “and from the dust your word will be low.”}
Your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld; ^{▼▼ Heb “and your voice will be like a ritual pit from the earth.” The Hebrew אוֹב (’ov, “ritual pit”) refers to a pit used by a magician to conjure up underworld spirits. See the note on “incantations” in 8:19. Here the word is used metonymically for the voice that emerges from such a pit.}
from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation. ^{▼▼ Heb “and from the dust your word will chirp.” The words “as if muttering an incantation” are supplied in the translation for clarification. See the parallelism and 8:19.}