Isaiah 29:1-8

Ariel and Her Enemies

29¹ Wo 'to' Ariel, Ariel, The city of the encampment of David! Add year to year, let festivals go round. ² And I have sent distress to Ariel, And it hath been lamentation and mourning, And it hath been to me as Ariel. ³ And I encamped, O babbler, against thee, And I laid siege against thee—a camp. And I raised up against thee bulwarks. ⁴ And thou hast been low, From the earth thou speakest, And from the dust makest thy saying low, And thy voice hath been from the earth, As one having a familiar spirit, And from the dust thy saying whisperest, ⁵ And as small dust hath been The multitude of those scattering thee, And as chaff passing on the multitude of the terrible, And it hath been at an instant—suddenly. ⁶ By Jehovah of Hosts thou art inspected, With thunder, and with an earthquake, And great noise, hurricane, and whirlwind, And flame of devouring fire. ⁷ And as a dream, a vision of night, hath been The multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Ariel, And all its warriors, and its bulwark, Even of those distressing her. ⁸ And it hath been, as when the hungry dreameth, And lo, he is eating, And he hath waked, and empty 'is' his soul, And as when the thirsty dreameth, And lo, he is drinking, and he hath waked, And lo, he is weary, and his soul is longing, So is the multitude of all the nations Who are warring against mount Zion.