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84 lines
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# Chapter 29
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1 Ah, Ariel, Ariel,
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the city where David encamped!
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Add year to year;
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let the feasts run their round.
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2 Yet I will distress Ariel,
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and there shall be moaning and lamentation,
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and she shall be to me like an Ariel.
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3 And I will encamp against you all around,
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and will besiege you with towers
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and I will raise siegeworks against you.
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4 And you will be brought low; from the earth you shall speak,
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and from the dust your speech will be bowed down;
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your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost,
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and from the dust your speech shall whisper.
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5 But the multitude of your foreign foes shall be like small dust,
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and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff.
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And in an instant, suddenly,
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6 you will be visited by the Lord of hosts
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with thunder and with earthquake and great noise,
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with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
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7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel,
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all that fight against her and her stronghold and distress her,
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shall be like a dream, a vision of the night.
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8 As when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he is eating,
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and awakes with his hunger not satisfied,
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or as when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he is drinking,
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and awakes faint, with his thirst not quenched,
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so shall the multitude of all the nations be
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that fight against Mount Zion.
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9 Astonish yourselves and be astonished;
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blind yourselves and be blind!
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Be drunk, but not with wine;
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stagger, but not with strong drink!
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10 For the Lord has poured out upon you
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a spirit of deep sleep,
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and has closed your eyes (the prophets),
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and covered your heads (the seers).
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11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
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12 And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”
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13 And the Lord said:
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“Because this people draw near with their mouth
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and honor me with their lips,
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while their hearts are far from me,
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and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,
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14 therefore, behold, I will again
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do wonderful things with this people,
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with wonder upon wonder;
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and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
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and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”
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15 Ah, you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel,
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whose deeds are in the dark,
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and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
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16 You turn things upside down!
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Shall the potter be regarded as the clay,
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that the thing made should say of its maker,
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“He did not make me”;
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or the thing formed say of him who formed it,
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“He has no understanding”?
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17 Is it not yet a very little while
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until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
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and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?
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18 In that day the deaf shall hear
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the words of a book,
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and out of their gloom and darkness
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the eyes of the blind shall see.
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19 The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord,
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and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
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20 For the ruthless shall come to nothing
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and the scoffer cease,
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and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,
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21 who by a word make a man out to be an offender,
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and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
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and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.
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22 Therefore thus says the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
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“Jacob shall no more be ashamed,
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no more shall his face grow pale.
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23 For when he sees his children,
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the work of my hands, in his midst,
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they will sanctify my name;
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they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob
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and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
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24 And those who go astray in spirit will come to understanding,
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and those who murmur will accept instruction.” |