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Isaiah 29 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Jerusalem Is Warned

29 Woe, ^[a]Ariel, ^[b]Ariel the city where David once ^(A)camped!
Add year to year, ^[c]^(B)keep your feasts on schedule.
²I will bring distress to Ariel,
And she will be a city of grieving and ^(C)mourning;
And she will be like an ^[d]Ariel to me.
³I will ^(D)camp against you ^[e]encircling you,
And I will set up siegeworks against you,
And I will raise up battle towers against you.
⁴Then you will ^(E)be 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 ^[f]spirit from the ground,
And your speech will whisper from the dust.

⁵But the multitude of your ^[g]enemies will become like fine ^(F)dust,
And the multitude of the ^(G)ruthless ones like the chaff which ^[h]blows away;
And it will happen ^(H)instantly, suddenly.
⁶From the Lord of armies you will be ^(I)punished with ^(J)thunder and earthquake and loud noise,
With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.
⁷And the ^(K)multitude of all the nations who wage war against ^[i]Ariel,
Even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her,
Will be like a dream, a ^(L)vision of the night.
⁸It will be as when a hungry person dreams—
And behold, he is eating;
But when he awakens, his ^[j]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 ^[k]thirst is not quenched.
^(M)So will the multitude of all the nations be
Who wage war against Mount Zion.

⁹^(N)Be delayed and horrified,
Blind yourselves and be blind;
They ^(O)become drunk, but not with wine,
They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
¹⁰For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep ^(P)sleep,
He has ^(Q)shut your eyes—the prophets;
And He has covered your heads—the seers.

¹¹The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed ^[l]^(R)book, which, when they give it to the one who ^[m]is literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.” ¹²Then the ^[n]book will be given to the one who ^[o]is illiterate, saying, “Please read this.” And he will say, “I ^[p]cannot read.”

¹³Then the Lord said,

“Because ^(S)this people approaches Me with their ^[q]words
And honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me,
And their ^[r]reverence for Me ^[s]consists of the commandment of men that is taught;
¹⁴Therefore behold, I will once again deal ^(T)marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous;
And ^(U)the wisdom of their wise men will perish,
And the understanding of their men who have understanding will be concealed.”

¹⁵Woe to those who deeply ^(V)hide their ^[t]plans from the Lord,
And whose ^(W)deeds are done in a dark place,
And they say, “^(X)Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”
¹⁶You turn things around!
Shall the potter be considered ^[u]as equal with the clay,
That ^(Y)what 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

¹⁷Is it not yet just a little while
^[v]Before Lebanon will be turned into a ^(Z)fertile field,
And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?
¹⁸On that day those who are ^(AA)deaf will hear ^(AB)words of a book,
And out of their gloom and darkness the ^(AC)eyes of those who are blind will see.
¹⁹The ^(AD)afflicted also will increase their joy in the Lord,
And the ^(AE)needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
²⁰For the ^(AF)ruthless will come to an end and the ^(AG)scorner will be finished,
Indeed ^(AH)all who ^[w]are intent on doing evil will be eliminated,
²¹Who ^[x]cause a person to be indicted by a word,
And ^(AI)set a trap for the arbitrator at the gate,
And ^[y]^(AJ)defraud the one in the right with ^[z]meaningless arguments.

²²Therefore this is what the Lord, who redeemed ^(AK)Abraham, says concerning the house of Jacob:

“Jacob ^(AL)will not be ashamed now, nor will his face turn pale now;
²³But when ^[aa]he sees his ^(AM)children, the ^(AN)work of My hands, in his midst,
They will sanctify My name;
Indeed, they will ^(AO)sanctify the Holy One of Jacob,
And will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
²⁴Those who ^(AP)err in ^[ab]mind will ^(AQ)know ^[ac]the truth,
And those who ^[ad]criticize will ^[ae]^(AR)accept instruction.

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