Isaiah 29
WEB·Isaiah 29
1Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around;
KJVWoeH1945 to ArielH740, to ArielH740, the cityH7151 where DavidH1732 dweltH2583(H8804)! addH5595(H8798) ye yearH8141 to yearH8141; let them killH5362(H8799) sacrificesH2282.
2 then I will distress Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation. She shall be to me as an altar hearth.
KJVYet I will distressH6693(H8689) ArielH740, and there shall be heavinessH8386 and sorrowH592: and it shall be unto me as ArielH740.
3 I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against you.
KJVAnd I will campH2583(H8804) against thee round aboutH1754, and will lay siegeH6696(H8804) against thee with a mountH4674, and I will raiseH6965(H8689) fortsH4694 against thee.
4 You will be brought down, and will speak out of the ground. Your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will be as of one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech will whisper out of the dust.
KJVAnd thou shalt be brought downH8213(H8804), and shalt speakH1696(H8762) out of the groundH776, and thy speechH565 shall be lowH7817(H8735) out of the dustH6083, and thy voiceH6963 shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spiritH178, out of the groundH776, and thy speechH565 shall whisperH6850(H8770) out of the dustH6083.
5 But the multitude of your foes will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows away. Yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly.
KJVMoreover the multitudeH1995 of thy strangersH2114(H8801) shall be like smallH1851 dustH80, and the multitudeH1995 of the terrible onesH6184 shall be as chaffH4671 that passeth awayH5674(H8802): yea, it shall be at an instantH6621 suddenlyH6597.
6 She will be visited by Yahweh of Armies with thunder, with earthquake, with great noise, with whirlwind and storm, and with the flame of a devouring fire.
KJVThou shalt be visitedH6485(H8735) of the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635 with thunderH7482, and with earthquakeH7494, and greatH1419 noiseH6963, with stormH5492 and tempestH5591, and the flameH3851 of devouringH398(H8802) fireH784.
7 The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, will be like a dream, a vision of the night.
KJVAnd the multitudeH1995 of all the nationsH1471 that fightH6633(H8802) against ArielH740, even all that fightH6638(H8802) against her and her munitionH4685, and that distressH6693(H8688) her, shall be as a dreamH2472 of a nightH3915 visionH2377.
8 It will be like when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his hunger isn’t satisfied; or like when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and behold, he is faint, and he is still thirsty. The multitude of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion will be like that.
KJVIt shall even be as when an hungryH7457 man dreamethH2492(H8799), and, behold, he eatethH398(H8802); but he awakethH6974(H8689), and his soulH5315 is emptyH7386: or as whenH834 a thirsty manH6771 dreamethH2492(H8799), and, behold, he drinkethH8354(H8802); but he awakethH6974(H8689), and, behold, he is faintH5889, and his soulH5315 hath appetiteH8264(H8802): so shall the multitudeH1995 of all the nationsH1471 be, that fightH6633(H8802) against mountH2022 ZionH6726.
9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
KJVStayH4102(H8697) yourselves, and wonderH8539(H8798); cry ye outH8173(H8697), and cryH8173(H8798): they are drunkenH7937(H8804), but not with wineH3196; they staggerH5128(H8804), but not with strong drinkH7941.
10 For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.
KJVFor the LORDH3068 hath poured outH5258(H8804) upon you the spiritH7307 of deep sleepH8639, and hath closedH6105(H8762) your eyesH5869: the prophetsH5030 and your rulersH7218, the seersH2374 hath he coveredH3680(H8765).
11 All vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t, for it is sealed;”
KJVAnd the visionH2380 of all is become unto you as the wordsH1697 of a bookH5612 that is sealedH2856(H8803), which men deliverH5414(H8799) to one that is learnedH3045(H8802), sayingH559(H8800), ReadH7121(H8798) this, I pray thee: and he saithH559(H8804), I cannotH3201(H8799); for it is sealedH2856(H8803):
12 and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t read.”
KJVAnd the bookH5612 is deliveredH5414(H8738) to him that is not learnedH3045(H8804)H5612, sayingH559(H8800), ReadH7121(H8798) this, I pray thee: and he saithH559(H8804), I am not learnedH3045(H8804).
13 The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;
KJVWherefore the LordH136 saidH559(H8799), ForasmuchH3282 as this peopleH5971 draw nearH5066(H8738) me with their mouthH6310, and with their lipsH8193 do honourH3513(H8765) me, but have removedH7368 their heartH3820 farH7368(H8765) from me, and their fearH3374 toward me is taughtH3925(H8794) by the preceptH4687 of menH582:
14 therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.”
KJVTherefore, behold, I will proceedH3254(H8802) to do a marvellous workH6381(H8687) among this peopleH5971, even a marvellous workH6381(H8687) and a wonderH6382: for the wisdomH2451 of their wiseH2450 men shall perishH6(H8804), and the understandingH998 of their prudentH995(H8737) men shall be hidH5641(H8691).
15 Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”
KJVWoeH1945 unto them that seek deepH6009(H8688) to hideH5641(H8687) their counselH6098 from the LORDH3068, and their worksH4639 are in the darkH4285, and they sayH559(H8799), Who seethH7200(H8802) us? and who knowethH3045(H8802) us?
16 You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay, that the thing made should say about him who made it, “He didn’t make me;” or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
KJVSurely your turning of things upside downH2017(H8800) shall be esteemedH2803(H8735) as the potter'sH3335(H8802) clayH2563: for shall the workH4639 sayH559(H8799) of him that madeH6213(H8802) it, He madeH6213(H8804) me not? or shall the thing framedH3336 sayH559(H8804) of him that framedH3335(H8802) it, He had no understandingH995(H8689)?
17 Isn’t it yet a very little while, and Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be regarded as a forest?
KJVIs it not yet a veryH4213 little whileH4592, and LebanonH3844 shall be turnedH7725(H8804) into a fruitful fieldH3759, and the fruitful fieldH3759 shall be esteemedH2803(H8735) as a forestH3293?
18 In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
KJVAnd in that dayH3117 shall the deafH2795 hearH8085(H8804) the wordsH1697 of the bookH5612, and the eyesH5869 of the blindH5787 shall seeH7200(H8799) out of obscurityH652, and out of darknessH2822.
19 The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
KJVThe meekH6035 also shall increaseH3254(H8804) their joyH8057 in the LORDH3068, and the poorH34 among menH120 shall rejoiceH1523(H8799) in the Holy OneH6918 of IsraelH3478.
20 For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off—
KJVFor the terrible oneH6184 is brought to noughtH656(H8804), and the scornerH3887(H8801) is consumedH3615(H8804), and all that watchH8245(H8802) for iniquityH205 are cut offH3772(H8738):
21 who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for one who reproves in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.
KJVThat make a manH120 an offenderH2398(H8688) for a wordH1697, and lay a snareH6983(H8799) for him that reprovethH3198(H8688) in the gateH8179, and turn asideH5186(H8686) the justH6662 for a thing of noughtH8414.
22 Therefore Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham, says concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob shall no longer be ashamed, neither shall his face grow pale.
KJVTherefore thus saithH559(H8804) the LORDH3068, who redeemedH6299(H8804) AbrahamH85, concerning the houseH1004 of JacobH3290, JacobH3290 shall not now be ashamedH954(H8799), neither shall his faceH6440 now wax paleH2357(H8799).
23 But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the middle of him, they will sanctify my name. Yes, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
KJVBut when he seethH7200(H8800) his childrenH3206, the workH4639 of mine handsH3027, in the midstH7130 of him, they shall sanctifyH6942(H8686) my nameH8034, and sanctifyH6942(H8689) the Holy OneH6918 of JacobH3290, and shall fearH6206(H8686) the GodH430 of IsraelH3478.
24 They also who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will receive instruction.”
KJVThey also that erredH8582(H8802) in spiritH7307 shall comeH3045(H8804) to understandingH998, and they that murmuredH7279(H8803) shall learnH3925(H8799) doctrineH3948.
Isaiah 29
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