Isa 29 | NASB2020 | STEP | Woe , Ariel , Ariel the city where David once camped ! Add year to year , keep your feasts on schedule .

Isaiah 29

Jerusalem Is Warned

1 Woe, ^{▼▼I.e., Lion of God, or Jerusalem}Ariel, ^{▼▼I.e., Lion of God, or Jerusalem}Ariel the city where David once ^ccamped!
Add year to year, ^{▼▼Lit let your feasts run their round
,} ^ekeep your feasts on schedule.
2 I will bring distress to Ariel,
And she will be a city of grieving and ^fmourning;
And she will be like an ^{▼▼Ariel (i.e., Jerusalem) is a Heb word for “altar hearth” where offerings were burned}Ariel to me.
3 I will ^hcamp against you ^{▼▼Lit like a circle}encircling you,
And I will set up siegeworks against you,
And I will raise up battle towers against you.
4 Then you will ^jbe brought low;
From the earth you will speak,
And from the dust where you are prostrate
Your words will come.
Your voice will also be like that of a ^{▼▼Or ghost}spirit from the ground,
And your speech will whisper from the dust.

5 But the multitude of your ^{▼▼Lit strangers}enemies will become like fine ^mdust,
And the multitude of the ⁿruthless ones like the chaff which ^{▼▼Lit passes away}blows away;
And it will happen ^pinstantly, suddenly.
6 From the Lord of armies you will be ^qpunished with ^rthunder and earthquake and loud noise,
With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.
7 And the ^smultitude of all the nations who wage war against ^{▼▼See note 1 v 1}Ariel,
Even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her,
Will be like a dream, a ^uvision of the night.
8 It will be as when a hungry person dreams--
And behold, he is eating;
But when he awakens, his ^{▼▼Lit soul}hunger is not satisfied,
Or as when a thirsty person dreams--
And behold, he is drinking,
But when he awakens, behold, he is faint
And his ^{▼▼Lit soul}thirst is not quenched.
^xSo will the multitude of all the nations be
Who wage war against Mount Zion.

9 ^yBe delayed and horrified,
Blind yourselves and be blind;
They ^zbecome drunk, but not with wine,
They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
10 For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep ^aasleep,
He has ^abshut your eyes--the prophets;
And He has covered your heads--the seers.
11 The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed ^{▼▼Or scroll
,} ^adbook, which, when they give it to the one who ^{▼▼Lit knows books}is literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.” 12 Then the ^{▼▼Or scroll}book will be given to the one who ^{▼▼Lit does not know books}is illiterate, saying, “Please read this.” And he will say, “I ^{▼▼Lit do not know books}cannot read.”

13 Then the Lord said,

“Because ^aithis people approaches Me with their ^{▼▼Lit mouth}words
And honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me,
And their ^{▼▼Lit fear of Me}reverence for Me ^{▼▼Lit is}consists of the commandment of men that is taught;
14 Therefore behold, I will once again deal ^ammarvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous;
And ^anthe wisdom of their wise men will perish,
And the understanding of their men who have understanding will be concealed.”

15 Woe to those who deeply ^aohide their ^{▼▼Lit counsel}plans from the Lord,
And whose ^aqdeeds are done in a dark place,
And they say, “ ^arWho sees us?” or “Who knows us?”
16 You turn things around!
Shall the potter be considered ^{▼▼Lit like}as equal with the clay,
That ^atwhat is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”;
Or what is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?

Blessing after Discipline

17 Is it not yet just a little while
^{▼▼Lit And}Before Lebanon will be turned into a ^avfertile field,
And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?
18 On that day those who are ^awdeaf will hear ^axwords of a book,
And out of their gloom and darkness the ^ayeyes of those who are blind will see.
19 The ^azafflicted also will increase their joy in the Lord,
And the ^baneedy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the ^bbruthless will come to an end and the ^bcscorner will be finished,
Indeed ^bdall who ^{▼▼Lit watch evil}are intent on doing evil will be eliminated,
21 Who ^{▼▼Lit bring a person under condemnation}cause a person to be indicted by a word,
And ^bgset a trap for the arbitrator at the gate,
And ^{▼▼Lit turn aside
,} ^bidefraud the one in the right with ^{▼▼Lit confusion}meaningless arguments.
22 Therefore this is what the Lord, who redeemed ^bkAbraham, says concerning the house of Jacob:

“Jacob ^blwill not be ashamed now, nor will his face turn pale now;
23 But when ^{▼▼Or his children see}he sees his ^bnchildren, the ^bowork of My hands, in his midst,
They will sanctify My name;
Indeed, they will ^bpsanctify the Holy One of Jacob,
And will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24 “Those who ^bqerr in ^{▼▼Lit spirit}mind will ^bsknow ^{▼▼Lit understanding}the truth,
And those who ^{▼▼Lit murmur}criticize will ^{▼▼Lit learn
,} ^bwaccept instruction.