The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 29

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² Yet I will distress Ariel and there shall be heaviness and sorrow and it shall be unto me as Ariel ⚑

³ And I will camp against thee round about and will lay siege against thee with a mount and I will raise forts against thee ⚑

⁴ And thou shalt be brought down and shalt speak out of the ground and thy speech shall be low out of the dust and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit out of the ground and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust ⚑

⁵ Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away yea it shall be at an instant suddenly ⚑

⁷ And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel even all that fight against her and her munition and that distress her shall be as a dream of a night vision ⚑

⁸ It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth and behold he eateth but he awaketh and his soul is empty or as when a thirsty man dreameth and behold he drinketh but he awaketh and behold he is faint and his soul hath appetite so shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against mount Zion ⚑

⁹ Stay yourselves and wonder cry ye out and cry they are drunken but not with wine they stagger but not with strong drink ⚑

¹⁰ For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep and hath closed your eyes the prophets and your rulers the seers hath he covered ⚑

¹¹ And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed which men deliver to one that is learned saying Read this I pray thee and he saith I cannot for it is sealed ⚑

¹² And the book is delivered to him that is not learned saying Read this I pray thee and he saith I am not learned ⚑

¹³ Wherefore the Lord said Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth and with their lips do honour me but have removed their heart far from me and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men ⚑

¹⁴ Therefore behold I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people even a marvellous work and a wonder for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid ⚑

¹⁵ Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD and their works are in the dark and they say Who seeth us and who knoweth us ⚑

¹⁶ Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the otter’s clay for shall the work say of him that made it He made me not or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it He had no understanding ⚑

¹⁷ Is it not yet a very little while and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest ⚑

¹⁸ And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness ⚑

¹⁹ The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel ⚑

²⁰ For the terrible one is brought to nought and the scorner is consumed and all that watch for iniquity are cut off ⚑

²¹ That make a man an offender for a word and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate and turn aside the just for a thing of nought ⚑

²² Therefore thus saith the LORD who redeemed Abraham concerning the house of Jacob Jacob shall not now be ashamed neither shall his face now wax pale ⚑

²³ But when he seeth his children the work of mine hands in the midst of him they shall sanctify my name and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and shall fear the God of Israel ⚑

²⁴ They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding and they that murmured shall learn doctrine ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain