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# Chapter 29
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1. "Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt!
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Add year to year;
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Let feasts come around.
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2. Yet I will distress Ariel;
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There shall be heaviness and sorrow,
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And it shall be to Me as Ariel.
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3. I will encamp against you all around,
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I will lay siege against you with a mound,
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And I will raise siegeworks against you.
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4. You shall be brought down,
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You shall speak out of the ground;
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Your speech shall be low, out of the dust;
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Your voice shall be like a medium's, out of the ground;
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And your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
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5. "Moreover the multitude of your foes
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Shall be like fine dust,
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And the multitude of the terrible ones
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Like chaff that passes away;
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Yes, it shall be in an instant, suddenly.
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6. You will be punished by the Lord of hosts
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With thunder and earthquake and great noise,
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With storm and tempest
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And the flame of devouring fire.
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7. The multitude of all the nations who fight against Ariel,
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Even all who fight against her and her fortress,
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And distress her,
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Shall be as a dream of a night vision.
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8. It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams,
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And look--he eats;
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But he awakes, and his soul is still empty;
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Or as when a thirsty man dreams,
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And look--he drinks;
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But he awakes, and indeed he is faint,
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And his soul still craves:
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So the multitude of all the nations shall be,
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Who fight against Mount Zion."The Blindness of Disobedience
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9. Pause and wonder!
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Blind yourselves and be blind!
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They are drunk, but not with wine;
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They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
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10. For the Lord has poured out on you
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The spirit of deep sleep,
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And has closed your eyes, namely, the prophets;
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And He has covered your heads, namely, the seers.
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11. The whole vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, "Read this, please."
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And he says, "I cannot, for it is sealed."
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12. Then the book is delivered to one who is illiterate, saying, "Read this, please."
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And he says, "I am not literate."
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13. Therefore the Lord said:
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"Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths
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And honor Me with their lips,
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But have removed their hearts far from Me,
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And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,
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14. Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work
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Among this people,
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A marvelous work and a wonder;
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For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
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And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden."
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15. Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the Lord,
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And their works are in the dark;
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They say, "Who sees us?" and, "Who knows us?"
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16. Surely you have things turned around!
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Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;
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For shall the thing made say of him who made it,
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"He did not make me"?
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Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,
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"He has no understanding"?Future Recovery of Wisdom
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17. Is it not yet a very little while
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Till Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
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And the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest?
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18. In that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book,
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And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
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19. The humble also shall increase their joy in the Lord,
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And the poor among men shall rejoice
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In the Holy One of Israel.
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20. For the terrible one is brought to nothing,
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The scornful one is consumed,
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And all who watch for iniquity are cut off--
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21. Who make a man an offender by a word,
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And lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
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And turn aside the just by empty words.
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22. Therefore thus says the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
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"Jacob shall not now be ashamed,
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Nor shall his face now grow pale;
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23. But when he sees his children,
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The work of My hands, in his midst,
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They will hallow My name,
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And hallow the Holy One of Jacob,
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And fear the God of Israel.
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24. These also who erred in spirit will come to understanding,
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And those who complained will learn doctrine."
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