Distress for Ariel, the City Where David Dwelt |
Isaiah 29:1-24 The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks] |
[Distress for] Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt, [a.k.a. Jerusalem.] Let them kill & add [up animals for] sacrifices year [by] year. [Still,] I will distress Ariel & there shall be [heavy hearts] & sorrow. And it shall be [like] Ariel [is] to Me. |
And I will [surround] you & camp against you. I will [wage war] against you with [an embankment] & I will raise forts against you. And you shall be brought down & shall speak out of the ground. |
Your [voice] shall be low, [muffled like a] whisper, out of the [dirt] & your voice shall be, [like someone, who] has a familiar spirit, [a.k.a. someone who contacts the dead.] |
[Isaiah 8:19 And when they shall say to you, Seek to [those who] have a familiar spirits & to wizards that [whisper] & mutter, shouldn't a people seek to their God? For the Living, [not] to the dead?] |
[Also,] the multitude of your [foreigners] shall be like [fine] dust & the multitude of the [ruthless] ones shall be [like stubble,] that passes away suddenly, [in] an instant. You shall be [punished] by the Lord of Hosts with: thunder, an earthquake, [loud] noise, storm, tempest & [a] flame of devouring fire. |
[Isaiah 30:30 And the Lord shall cause His glorious voice to be heard & shall [sling] the lightning down [from] His arm, with the indignation of His anger & with the flame of devouring fire, tempest & scattering hailstones.] |
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even against her [armory of weapons] & distress her, shall be [like] a vision [in] a dream [at] night. It shall even be [like] when a hungry man dreams [that] he eats, but [when] he [wakes up,] his [stomach] is empty. |
Or [like] when a thirsty man dreams [that] he drinks; but when he [wakes up,] he is faint & his [stomach still] has [an] appetite. So shall the multitude of the nations be, [who] fight against Mount Zion. [Stop] yourselves & wonder. You cry out & [weep.] |
They are [drunk,] but not with wine. They stagger, but not with strong drink. [Isaiah 5:22-23 [Distress for those who] are mighty & drink wine & men of strength & [mix] strong [drinks.] Who justify the wicked for reward, [a.k.a. bribes] & take [away] the [rights] of the righteous away from him!] |
For the Lord has poured out the spirit of deep sleep upon you & has closed your eyes. He has covered [the eyes of] the prophets, your rulers & the seers. [Isaiah 6:9-10 *And He said, Go & tell this people, You indeed hear, but [don't] understand. You indeed see, but don't [recognize.] |
*Make the heart of this people fat & make their ears heavy & shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes & hear with their ears & understand with their heart & convert & be healed.] |
And the vision of all [has] become to you, [like] the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to [someone, who is educated,] saying, I pray [that] you read this. And he says, I can't; [because] it's sealed. And the book is delivered to him, [who isn't educated,] saying, I pray [that] you read this & he says, I'm not [educated.] |
*[For this reason,] the Lord said, [Since] this people draw near Me with their mouth & honor Me with their lips, but have removed their heart far from Me & their fear [respect] toward Me is taught by the precept, [a.k.a. commandment] of men. |
Therefore, [watch,] I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people. Even a marvelous work & a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish & the understanding of their [sensible] men shall be [hidden.] |
[Distress for those who search] deep to hide their [advice] from the Lord & their [deeds] are [hidden] in the dark & they say, Who sees us? And Who knows us? Surely, your turning things [topsy-turvy,] shall be [regarded like] the potter's clay. For shall the work say of him, [who] made it, He [didn't make] me? |
Or shall the thing [formed] say of him, [who formed] it, He had no understanding? [Romans 9:20-21 [No,] but who are you, O man, who rebels] against God? Shall the thing formed say to him, [Who] formed it, Why have You made Me [like this?] Hasn't the potter power over the same lump of clay, to make one vessel to honor & another to dishonor?] |
Isn't it [still] a very [short time until] Lebanon shall be [returned] into a fruitful field & a fruitful field, shall be [regarded like] a forest? And [on] that day, the deaf shall hear the words of the book & the eyes of the blind shall see, out of [blurriness] & darkness. |
The [humble] shall also increase their joy in the Lord & the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. [Isaiah 11:4 But He shall judge the poor with righteousness & [repay] with equity for the [humble] of the earth. And He shall [strike] the earth with the rod of His mouth & with the breath of His lips, He shall slay the wicked.] |
For the [ruthless] one is brought to [nothing] & [person who looks down on others] is [devoured.] And all [those who] watch for [what is sinful,] are cut off. [Proverbs 14:22 Don't they err [who] devise evil? But mercy & truth shall be to [those who] devise good.] |
[Those err] that [with] a word, make a man an offender. [Deuteronomy 19:18-19 And the judges shall diligently [investigate] & [see] if the witness [is] a false witness & has testified falsely against his brother; then you shall do to him, [like] he thought to have done to his brother. [Like this,] you shall put the evil away from among you.] |
And [those who put a trap] for him [who pleads his case] in the gate & turns aside the [person who has a] just [case,] for a thing [that is nothing at all.] [Amos 5:11-12 Therefore, [since] your [trampling] is upon the poor & you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of [cut] stone, but you shall not [live] in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine [from] them. For I know your [multitude] of transgressions & your mighty sins. They afflict the just & they take a bribe & they turn aside the [rights of] the poor, from [them,] in the gate.] |
Therefore, the Lord, Who redeemed Abraham, says [this related] to the house of Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] Jacob shall not be ashamed now, neither shall his face [grow] pale now. But when he sees his children, the work of [My] hands, in the midst of [Israel,] they shall sanctify My Name & sanctify the Holy One of Jacob & shall fear [respect] the God of Israel. |
[Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus [for] good works, which God has before ordained, that we should [follow] in them.] [Those who] also erred in spirit, shall come to [know] understanding & [those who grumbled] shall learn doctrine. |