Woe to Jerusalem
3 I will encamp against you all around,
I will lay siege against you with a mound,
And I will raise siegeworks against you.
I will lay siege against you with a mound,
And I will raise siegeworks against you.
4 You shall be brought down,
You shall speak out of the ground;
Your speech shall be low, out of the dust;
Your voice shall be like a medium’s, aout of the ground;
And your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
You shall speak out of the ground;
Your speech shall be low, out of the dust;
Your voice shall be like a medium’s, aout of the ground;
And your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
5 “Moreover the multitude of your afoes
Shall be like fine dust,
And the multitude of the terrible ones
Like bchaff that passes away;
Yes, it shall be cin an instant, suddenly.
Shall be like fine dust,
And the multitude of the terrible ones
Like bchaff that passes away;
Yes, it shall be cin an instant, suddenly.
6 aYou will be punished by the Lord of hosts
With thunder and bearthquake and great noise,
With storm and tempest
And the flame of devouring fire.
With thunder and bearthquake and great noise,
With storm and tempest
And the flame of devouring fire.
7 aThe multitude of all the nations who fight against1 Ariel,
Even all who fight against her and her fortress,
And distress her,
Shall be bas a dream of a night vision.
Even all who fight against her and her fortress,
And distress her,
Shall be bas a dream of a night vision.
8 aIt shall even be as when a hungry man dreams,
And look—he eats;
But he awakes, and his soul is still empty;
Or as when a thirsty man dreams,
And look—he drinks;
But he awakes, and indeed he is faint,
And his soul still craves:
So the multitude of all the nations shall be,
Who fight against Mount Zion.”
And look—he eats;
But he awakes, and his soul is still empty;
Or as when a thirsty man dreams,
And look—he drinks;
But he awakes, and indeed he is faint,
And his soul still craves:
So the multitude of all the nations shall be,
Who fight against Mount Zion.”
The Blindness of Disobedience
9 Pause and wonder!
Blind yourselves and be blind!
aThey are drunk, bbut not with wine;
They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
Blind yourselves and be blind!
aThey are drunk, bbut not with wine;
They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
10 For athe Lord has poured out on you
The spirit of deep sleep,
And has bclosed your eyes, namely, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, namely, cthe seers.
The spirit of deep sleep,
And has bclosed your eyes, namely, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, namely, cthe seers.
11 The whole vision has become to you like the words of a1 book athat is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, “Read this, please.” bAnd he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
12 Then the book is delivered to one who1 is illiterate, saying, “Read this, please.” And he says, “I am not literate.”
13 Therefore the Lord said:
a“Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths
And honor Me bwith their lips,
But have removed their hearts far from Me,
And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,
a“Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths
And honor Me bwith their lips,
But have removed their hearts far from Me,
And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,
14 aTherefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work
Among this people,
A marvelous work and a wonder;
bFor the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.”
Among this people,
A marvelous work and a wonder;
bFor the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.”
15 aWoe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the Lord,
And their works are in the dark;
bThey say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”
And their works are in the dark;
bThey say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”
16 Surely you have things turned around!
Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;
For shall the athing made say of him who made it,
“He did not make me”?
Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?
Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;
For shall the athing made say of him who made it,
“He did not make me”?
Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown for Isaiah 29:1.
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