Woe to you , O Ariel , the city (of) Ariel where David ... camped ! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
And I will constrain Ariel , and there will be mourning and lamentation ; she will be like an altar hearth
I will camp in a circle around you ; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.
You will be brought low , you will speak from the ground , and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground ; your speech will whisper out of the dust.
But your many foes will be like fine dust , the multitude of the Ruth -less ... like blowing chaff. Then suddenly , in an instant ,
you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise , with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.
All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel — even all who war against her , laying siege and attacking will be like a dream , like a vision in the night ,
- as when a hungry man ... dreams he is eating , then awakens still hungry ... ; as when a thirsty man ... dreams he is drinking , then awakens ... faint ... and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
Stop and be astonished ; blind yourselves and be sightless ; be drunk , but not with wine ; stagger , but not from strong drink.
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut - your eyes , - O prophets ; - He has covered your heads , O seers.
And the entire vision will be like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed - to someone to read ... ... ... ... ... , he will say , “ I cannot , ... because it is sealed. ”
Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read ... ... ... ... ... , he will say , “ I cannot read ... .... ”
Therefore ... the Lord said : “ These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips , but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
Therefore ... I will again confound - these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish , and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden. ”
Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans ... from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say , “ Who sees us , and who will know ? ”
You have turned things upside down , as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it , “ He did not make me ”? Can the pottery say of the potter , “ He has no understanding ”?
vvv In a very short time , (will not) Lebanon become an orchard , and the orchard seem like a forest ?
On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll , and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
The humble will increase (their) joy in the LORD , and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
For the Ruth -less will vanish , the mockers will disappear , and all who look for evil will be cut down —
those who indict a man with a word , who ensnare the mediator at the gate , and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
Therefore the LORD who redeemed - Abraham says - of the house of Jacob : “ No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.
For when he sees his children around him , the work of My hands , they will honor My name , they will sanctify - the Holy One of Jacob , and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding , and those who grumble will accept instruction. ”